
The Chimp(1932)
Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.


“Fred bagged the best for his merry 12 million dollar murder mystery!”
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

Fred Allen
Fred Floogle

Binnie Barnes
Eve Floogle

Jack Benny
Jack Benny

Don Ameche
Don Ameche

William Bendix
William Bendix

Victor Moore
Victor Moore

Rudy Vallee
Rudy Vallee

Robert Benchley
Parker

Jerry Colonna
Dr. Greengrass

John Carradine
Jefferson T. Pike
It's in the Bag! is a comedy film released in 1945 exploring themes of heir, penthouse, flea circus. Directed by Richard Wallace, it stars Fred Allen, Binnie Barnes, Jack Benny. The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
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