# Go Chase Yourself > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Go_Chase_Yourself > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Go_Chase_Yourself.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Chase_Yourself > Source revision: 1357200844 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1938 film by Edward F. Cline Go Chase Yourself Theatrical release poster Directed by Edward F. Cline Screenplay by Paul Yawitz Bert Granet Story by Walter O'Keefe Produced by Robert Sisk Starring Joe Penner Lucille Ball Richard Lane June Travis Fritz Feld Tom Kennedy Cinematography Jack MacKenzie Edited by Desmond Marquette Music by Roy Webb Production company RKO Pictures Distributed by RKO Pictures Release date April 22, 1938 (1938-04-22) Running time 70 minutes Country United States Language English ***Go Chase Yourself*** is a 1938 American [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Edward F. Cline](/source/Edward_F._Cline) and written by Paul Yawitz and [Bert Granet](/source/Bert_Granet). The film stars [Joe Penner](/source/Joe_Penner), [Lucille Ball](/source/Lucille_Ball), [Richard Lane](/source/Dick_Lane_(announcer)), [June Travis](/source/June_Travis), [Fritz Feld](/source/Fritz_Feld) and [Tom Kennedy](/source/Tom_Kennedy_(American_actor)). The film was released on April 22, 1938, by [RKO Pictures](/source/RKO_Pictures).[1][2][3] ## Plot A [milquetoast](/source/Caspar_Milquetoast) bank clerk finds himself stuck in a speeding trailer towed by gangsters after a bank robbery goes awry. Unfortunately for him, the police and even his own domineering wife believe that he is the robber and so head off in hot pursuit, precipitating a fast-paced merry chase. ## Cast - [Joe Penner](/source/Joe_Penner) as Wilbur Meeley - [Lucille Ball](/source/Lucille_Ball) as Carol Meeley - [Richard Lane](/source/Dick_Lane_(announcer)) as Nails - [June Travis](/source/June_Travis) as Judy Daniels - [Fritz Feld](/source/Fritz_Feld) as Count Pierre Fountaine de Louis-Louis - [Tom Kennedy](/source/Tom_Kennedy_(American_actor)) as Icebox - [Granville Bates](/source/Granville_Bates) as Halliday - Bradley Page as Frank - [George Irving](/source/George_Irving_(American_actor)) as Mr. Daniels - [Arthur Stone](/source/Arthur_Stone_(actor)) as Warden - [Jack Carson](/source/Jack_Carson) as Warren Miles - [Frank M. Thomas](/source/Frank_M._Thomas) as Police Chief ## Critical reception Lionel Collier, writing for the British magazine, *[Picturegoer](/source/Picturegoer)*, commented that audiences who “like Joe Penner’s robust type of fooling” would “find this quick action farce very entertaining,” adding, “it’s all very ingenuous but there are very good slapstick situations.” He wrote that Joe Penner “is at his best and has good gags to put over”, and that Lucille Ball “is spirited as his wife.” [4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Go Chase Yourself (1938) - Overview - TCM.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130608084910/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1669/Go-Chase-Yourself/). *Turner Classic Movies*. Archived from [the original](https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1669/go-chase-yourself) on June 8, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Movie Review - Go Chase Yourself - THE SCREEN; Amusing Slapstick Comedy Is 'Go Chase Yourself; the New Joe Penner Feature at the Palace - NYTimes.com"](https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B01E3DF1338EE3ABC4D52DFB0668383629EDE). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved September 12, 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Go Chase Yourself Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for Go Chase Yourself - TVGuide.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140912183114/http://movies.tvguide.com/go-chase-yourself/124666). *TV Guide*. Archived from [the original](https://movies.tvguide.com/go-chase-yourself/124666) on September 12, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *[Picturegoer](/source/Picturegoer)*. Odhams Press Limited, Volume 6, Number 266, December 10, 1938. Page 30 ## External links - [*Go Chase Yourself*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030188/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Go Chase Yourself*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1669/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived) - [*Go Chase Yourself*](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/4288) at the *[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films)* v t e Films directed by Edward F. Cline His Bread and Butter (1916) One Week (1920) Convict 13 (1920) Neighbors (1920) The Scarecrow (1920) The Haunted House (1921) Hard Luck (1921) The High Sign (1921) The Goat (1921) The Playhouse (1921) The Boat (!921) The Paleface (1922) Cops (1922) My Wife's Relations (1922) The Frozen North (1922) The Electric House (1922) Day Dreams (1922) The Balloonatic (1923) The Love Nest (1923) Circus Days (1923) Three Ages (1923) The Meanest Man in the World (1923) When a Man's a Man (1924) Captain January (1924) Little Robinson Crusoe (1924) Along Came Ruth (1924) The Rag Man (1925) Old Clothes (1925) Flirty Four-Flushers (1926) Let It Rain (1927) Soft Cushions (1927) Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928) Vamping Venus (1928) The Head Man (1928) The Crash (1928) Broadway Fever (1929) His Lucky Day (1929) The Forward Pass (1929) In the Next Room (1930) Sweet Mama (1930) Leathernecking (1930) The Widow from Chicago (1930) Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) The Naughty Flirt (1931) Cracked Nuts (1931) The Girl Habit (1931) Million Dollar Legs (1932) Parole Girl (1933) So This Is Africa (1933) Fighting to Live (1934) Peck's Bad Boy (1934) The Dude Ranger (1934) When a Man's a Man (1935) It's a Great Life (1935) The Cowboy Millionaire (1935) F-Man (1936) On Again-Off Again (1937) Forty Naughty Girls (1937) High Flyers (1937) Hawaii Calls (1938) Go Chase Yourself (1938) Breaking the Ice (1938) Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938) You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) My Little Chickadee (1940) The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) The Bank Dick (1940) Hello, Sucker (1941) Meet the Chump (1941) Cracked Nuts (1941) Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) Private Snuffy Smith (1942) What's Cookin'? (1942) Private Buckaroo (1942) Give Out, Sisters (1942) Behind the Eight Ball (1942) He's My Guy (1943) Crazy House (1943) Swingtime Johnny (1943) Hat Check Honey (1944) Slightly Terrific (1944) Ghost Catchers (1944) Night Club Girl (1945) See My Lawyer (1945) Penthouse Rhythm (1945) Bringing Up Father (1946) Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947) Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1947) Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950) This article related to an American comedy film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1930s-US-comedy-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1930s-US-comedy-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1930s-US-comedy-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Go Chase Yourself](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Chase_Yourself) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Chase_Yourself?action=history)). 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