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It's in the Bag

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After an eccentric millionaire leaves $12 million to his grandnephew, flea circus manager Fred Floogle (Fred Allen), minutes before being murdered, Fred moves his family into an expensive hotel. During the reading of the will, they learn the estate has been squandered, leaving them with only five chairs. The disappointed family sells off the furniture, unaware the late man stored $350,000 in cash in one of the chairs. Learning of the hidden fortune, Fred sets out to track down the money.

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Wolcott Gibbs The New Yorker 10/15/2021
It's in the Bag is one of those pictures in which a number of reasonably celebrated comedians flicker in and out, doing their best to assist the star in what is best described as a plot of convenience. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D 01/18/2024 Hopefully it is a trash bag. See more Blobbo X @Blobbo 02/28/2022 A movie people go if want see favorite radio stars. See more Thomas M @TMProofreader 02/01/2019 The best comedy movie ever made! See more 07/25/2013 first version (the second 1970 mel brooks version) of this russian tale See more 03/09/2009 OK. This isn't a 5 star movie - some of the acting is just plain poor, including Fred Allen's rather inept comic takes - but the script is brilliant, and the times when both come together (the movie theatre sequence springs to mind as a STONE classic) it is pure gold. It is worth watching for the odd character turns by Sidney Toler, Don Ameche, Jack Benny, Jerry Colonna, etc. and also for the lines that you just know Fred Allen wrote. My favorite - "Have you an iron lung in this establishment?" "No" " A FINE hotel!!!!" Just blip over the poor acting moments, and savor a rare comic talent at work. See more 03/09/2009 Fun with Fed Allen, Jack Benny and company... One of the better versions of this story. See more Read all reviews
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Richard Wallace

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Fred Allen

Fred F. Trumble Floogle

Jack Benny

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Don Ameche

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Synopsis After an eccentric millionaire leaves $12 million to his grandnephew, flea circus manager Fred Floogle (Fred Allen), minutes before being murdered, Fred moves his family into an expensive hotel. During the reading of the will, they learn the estate has been squandered, leaving them with only five chairs. The disappointed family sells off the furniture, unaware the late man stored $350,000 in cash in one of the chairs. Learning of the hidden fortune, Fred sets out to track down the money.
Director
Richard Wallace
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 16, 2013
Runtime
1h 27m