The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Sweeney Bliss, champion mule raiser in Missouri, takes his prize mule Samson to London, where the British government is trying to decide whether to buy mules or tractors for its colonial troops. He is accompanied by his ritzy wife Julie who has high society aspirations and hopes to have her younger sister Lola Pike marry a British diplomat. Complicating matters is a business rival, Porgie Rowe, who is trying to sell tractors to the government and keeps knocking Sweeney's prize Missouri mules.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Theodore ReedDirector
- Duke AtteberryWriter
- Jack MoffittWriter
Cast
- Bob BurnsSweeney Bliss
- Gladys GeorgeJulie Bliss
- Gene LockhartPorgie Rowe
- Judith BarrettLola Pike
- William HenryJoel Streight
- Patricia MorisonMrs. Allison 'Rowe' Hamilton
- E. E. CliveMr. Arthur, Duke of Cricklewood
- Melville CooperHearne
- William Collier Sr.Smith
- Lawrence GrossmithColonel Marchbank
- G.P. HuntleyCaptain Brooks-Bowen
- Doris LloydMrs. Arthur - Duchess of Cricklewood
Stills
Themes
london, englandmissourifarmermulehayseedsocial climber