Watch "It's a Joke, Son!" Full Movie Online


Year:	1947
Rating:	6.2(72)
Listed in:	Comedy
Directed by:	Benjamin Stoloff
Actors:	Kenny Delmar Kenneth Farrell Douglass Dumbrille Jimmy Conlin Una Merkel June Lockhart
	"The Funniest Man of the Year in the Happiest Hit in Years!"

	Directed by
Benjamin Stoloff
	Actors
Kenny Delmar	as Senator Beauregard Claghorn
Kenneth Farrell	as Jefferson 'Jeff' Davis
Douglass Dumbrille	as Big Dan Healey
Jimmy Conlin	as Senator Alexander P. Leeds
Matt Willis	as Ace, Healey's Henchman
Ralph Sanford	as Knifey, Healey's Henchman
Sam Ash
Edward Biby
Danny Borzage	as William
Ralph Brooks
Paul E. Burns	as Peterson the Mailman
George Chandler	as The Groceryman
John Dehner
Robert Dobson	as Man
Billy Engle
Franklyn Farnum	as Mr. Harvey
Byron Foulger	as Groceryman
Sam Hayes	as Radio Commentator at Victory Gathering
Clarence Hennecke
Raymond Largay	as Man
Wilbur Mack	as Man at Rally
Edward Peil Sr.	as Man at Rally
Anthony Sydes	as William
John Wald	as NBC Radio Commentator
	Actresses
Una Merkel	as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
June Lockhart	as Mary Lou Claghorn
Daisy	as Daisy
Vera Lewis	as Hortense Dimwitty
Margaret McWade	as Jennifer Whipple
Ida Moore	as Matilda Whipple
Jane Crowley	as Daughters of Dixie Member
Blythe Daley	as Daughters of Dixie Member
Cathy Dart	as Daughters of Dixie Member
Sarah Edwards	as Annabelle
Margaret Farrell	as Daughters of Dixie Member
June Pickerell	as Daughters of Dixie Member
Kathryn Sheldon	as Daughters of Dixie Member

Languages:	English

Plot:	The first Eagle-Lion film stars Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, his "Allen's Alley" resident-character heard on Fred Allen's radio program. Claghorn was a blustery, one-man-Chamber-of-Commerce for all things Southern, who had no tolerence for anything north of the Mason-Dixon line, although he made allowances for South Philly. The character inspired the creation of one of the most popular of the Warners' cartoon characters, Foghorn Leghorn, who re-worked most of the originals material and style. The title of this movie is a stock line- "it's a joke, son"---he would feed a befuddled Fred Allen each week. In the film, Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine. Claghorn is in to siphon votes and ensure his wife's opponent will win and is expected to run a campaign that will defeat himself and his wife. But, he runs to win and the machine's henchies abduct him.