Earthworm Tractors (A Natural Born Salesman) (1936)
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Joe E. Brown was an ideal choice for the character of Alexander Botts, the brash, arrogant "natural born salesman" created for The Saturday Evening Post by William Hazlett Upton. As a representative for the Earthworm Tractor company, Botts tries to convince old-fashioned lumberman Guy… More Joe E. Brown was an ideal choice for the character of Alexander Botts, the brash, arrogant "natural born salesman" created for The Saturday Evening Post by William Hazlett Upton. As a representative for the Earthworm Tractor company, Botts tries to convince old-fashioned lumberman Guy Kibbee to buy his newfangled products. Several disastrous slapstick sequences later (including an hilarious setpiece in which Botts unwittingly tows away Kibbee's entire house!), Botts closes the deal, winning the hand of Kibbee's daughter June Travis in the process. Despite the character's unremitting cockiness, Joe E. Brown manages to make Alexander Botts immensely likeable. Earthworm Tractors was the next-to-last film on Joe E. Brown's Warner Bros. contract, and (with rare exceptions like 1938's The Gladiator) his last truly worthwhile vehicle of the thirties. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ray Enright
- Genres
- Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 17, 1936 Wide
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Cast
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Joe E. Brown
as Alexander Botts
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June Travis
as Mabel Johnson
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Guy Kibbee
as Sam Johnson
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Dick Foran
as Emmet McManus
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Carolyn Hughes
as Sally Blair
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Gene Lockhart
as George Healey
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Olin Howland
as Mr. Blair
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Joseph Crehan
as Mr. Henderson
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Sarah Edwards
as Mrs. Blair
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Charles C. Wilson
as H.J. Russell
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Irving Bacon
as Taxicab Driver
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Stuart Holmes
as The Doctor
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William B. Davidson
as Mr. Jackson
