Cracked Nuts
Cracked Nuts is a 1931 American PreCode comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, from an original screenplay written by Al Boasberg and Ralph Spence. The film stars the comedy duo Wheeler amp Woolsey Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, as well as Dorothy Lee. It also features Boris Karloff in a small supporting role. The film was one of RKOs only financial successes of the year.
Meanwhile, back in El Dorania, Zander Ulysses Parkhurst Robert Woolsey, better known by his acronym, Zup, is a casino owner. One night he believes he has hit the jackpot when he wins the crown of the country in a crap game with King Oscar Harvey Clark, the owner of which becomes king of the country. Unbeknownst to Zup, Oscar has deliberately lost the crown, since he realizes that whoever the king is targeted for death. After he is crowned king, Zup learns from Queen Carlotta Leni Stengel that a kings reign in El Dorania has averaged a single month over the past year, after which they are assassinated.Wendell is told by the revolutionaries as they near El Dorania, that after they overthrow the current monarch, they intend to make him their king. This sits well with Wendell, who feels that this will prove his worth to Aunt Minnie. When he arrives in the country, he realizes that the current monarch is his hold friend from Brooklyn, Zup. Their celebratory reunion is shortlived when Wendell realizes that he needs to kill Zup in order to assume the throne. Wendell discovers that the assassinations are the brainchild of General Bogardus Stanley Fields, who agrees to allow Zup to be killed in the modern fashion, with bombs dropped from airplanes. ........
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