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The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."
Richard Cramer
- Officer Posthlewhistle
- (as Rychard Cramer)
Ernie Alexander
- Student Drinker
- (uncredited)
Balto
- Siberian Husky
- (uncredited)
Jack Cooper
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Gordon Douglas
- Student Drinker
- (uncredited)
Junior Fuller
- Student Drinker
- (uncredited)
Marvin Loback
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
George Moran
- Indian Chief
- (uncredited)
Artie Ortego
- Indian Chief
- (uncredited)
Ted Stroback
- Student Drinker
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- W.C. Fields(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHere are the lyrics to the song:
There was once a poor boy And he left his country home And he came to the city to look for work
He promised his ma and pa He would lead a civilized life And always shun the fatal curse of drink
Once in the city He got a situation in a quarry And there he made the acquaintance of some college students
He little thought they were demons For they wore the best of clothes But the clothes do not always make the gentleman
So they tempted him to drink And they said he was a cow'rd Until at last he took the fatal glass of beer
When he found what he'd done He dashed the glass upon the floor And he staggered through the door with delirium tremens
Once upon the sidewalk He met a Salvation Army girl And wickedly he broke her tambourine
All she said was, "Heaven bless you" And placed a mark upon his brow With a kick she'd learned before she had been saved
Now, as a moral to young men Who come down to the city Don't go 'round breaking people's tambourines.
- Quotes
[repeated line]
Pa Snavely: And it ain't a fit night out for man or beast.
[a gust of wind blows a blast of snow into his face]
- ConnectionsEdited into W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films (2000)
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all-time classic
Pompous ass Harold Bloom calls this the greatest film of all time, and I see what he means. It's an elaborate parody of the then-current northern melodrama - the family in the cabin worryin' and cryin', milking the elk amid the sloppy-cut rear projections, mushing the dachshund, spilling a hatful of soap flakes in the soup. W. C. Fields is an a-hole the way Eminem is an a-hole, it's a floating theme. He also plays the dulcimer with his mits on, narrates the tale of the salvation army girl who high-kicked his son in the forehead, "A trick she'd learned before she had been saved," has a crying fit with a mouth full of crackers. And more - all in eighteen minutes. It rocks!
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- jonathan-577
- Feb 21, 2007
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- Also known as
- It Ain't a Fit Night Out for Man or Beast
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- Runtime18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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