The Fall Guy (1930) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1930 · 65 mins · English

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Directed by

Leslie Pearce

Starring

Mae Clarke, Ned Sparks, Tom Kennedy, Pat O’Malley, Alan Roscoe, Jack Mulhall

Adapted from the hit stage comedy by George Abbott and James Gleason, the film follows Johnny Quinlan, who, desperate for work, becomes a bag‑man for the mob. At the same time his long‑suffering wife must contend with her eccentric, unemployed, wise‑cracking brother and a cast of meddling neighbors while managing their Brooklyn tenement household.