The Big Show-Off

The Big Show-Off
Directed byHoward Bretherton
Screenplay by
Produced by
StarringSee below
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • 22 January 1945 (1945-01-22)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Big Show-Off is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton and distributed by Republic Pictures. It teams Arthur Lake before his return to the Blondie film series and Dale Evans, most frequently seen with her husband Roy Rogers.

Plot

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Nightclub pianist Sandy Elliott is madly in love with nightclub singer June Mayfield, who ignores his existence, preferring the obnoxious Wally Porter, the nightclub emcee. Sandy follows June to discover to his disgust that she is a big fan of professional wrestling. Sandy's friend Joe the night club owner decides to make the shy Sandy attractive to June by paying a thug to disrupt June's singing, then being thrown out by Sandy. Joe adds fuel to June's new, smoldering love for Sandy by making her promise not to tell a secret: that Sandy is really the masked wrestler known as "The Devil".

Cast

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Soundtrack

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  • Dale Evans with the Anson Weeks Orchestra - "There's Only One You" (Written by Dale Evans)
  • Dale Evans with the Anson Weeks Orchestra - "Cleo From Rio" (Written by Dave Oppenheim and Roy Ingraham)
  • Sherry Cameron and Klayton Kirby with the Anson Weeks Orchestra - "Memories of Old Vienna"
  • "Hoops My Dear" (Written by Dave Oppenheim)
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