Caught Plastered

{{short description|1931 film directed by William A. Seiter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Caught Plastered | image = Caught-plastered.jpg | director = William Seiter | writer = Douglas MacLean Ralph Spence (adaptation and dialogue) Eddie Walsh (additional dialogue) Jane Murfin (uncredited) | producer = William LeBaron Douglas MacLean (associate producer) | starring = Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Dorothy Lee Lucy Beaumont Jason Robards | cinematography = Jack MacKenzie | editing = Jack Kitchin | music = Victor Schertzinger | distributor = RKO Radio Pictures | released = {{Film date|1931|09|05}} | runtime = 68 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $281,000<ref name="rko">Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p39</ref> | gross = $549,000<ref name="rko"/> }}

'''''Caught Plastered''''' is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical comedy film, released by RKO Radio Pictures and starring the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey.

==Plot== Tommy Tanner and Egbert G. Higginbotham are two vaudevillians who were kicked out of the last town they performed in. After fleeing to the town of Lockville, the duo befriend elderly widow Mother Talley. Mother is upset because she is unable to get customers into her drug store. In addition, Mother owes a payment on a bank note to Harry Watters. Tommy and Egbert decide to turn Mother's drugstore into a money-making venture, even producing their own afternoon radio program right in the store. Harry, who wants to buy the store as part of a bootlegging operation, attempts to sell the duo an alcohol-laced drink, referring to it as "lemon-syrup". The "syrup" gains praise from everybody in town, until the police show up to close down the operation. Tommy and Egbert are suspicious of Harry, and it is up to them to find Harry, clear their name, and save Mother's store.

==Cast== *Bert Wheeler as Tommy Tanner *Robert Woolsey as Egbert G. Higginbotham *Dorothy Lee as Peggy Morton *Lucy Beaumont as Mother Talley *Jason Robards as Harry Watters *Charles B. Middleton as Sheriff Flint *DeWitt Jennings as Police Chief H.A. Morton *Josephine Whittell as Miss Newton *Jim Farley as Clancy, a policeman *Nora Cecil as Miss Loring (uncredited) *Tom Herbert as Streetcar conductor (uncredited) *Arthur Housman as First Drunk Customer (uncredited) *Lee Moran as Second Drunk Customer (uncredited) *William Scott as Clark (uncredited)

==Reception== According to RKO the film made a profit of $90,000.<ref name="rko"/>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0021725|Caught Plastered}} * {{TCMDb title|70518|Caught Plastered}}

Category:1931 films Category:1931 musical comedy films Category:American musical comedy films Category:RKO Pictures films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by William A. Seiter Category:1931 American films Category:1931 English-language films Category:Films scored by Victor Schertzinger Category:English-language musical comedy films