Silly Billies is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol from a screenplay by Al Boasberg and Jack Townley, based on a story by Guiol and Thomas Lennon. The film was the twentieth feature for the comedy duo of Wheeler and Woolsey (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey), and also stars Dorothy Lee, who had been in a number of their films. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures on March 20, 1936.

Premise

In 1851, dentists Roy Banks (Wheeler) and Philip "Painless" Pennington (Woolsey) attempt to save a town from being led into an Indian ambush.

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Cast

Bert Wheeler as Roy Banks

Robert Woolsey as Dr. Philip "Painless" Pennington

Dorothy Lee as Mary Blake

Harry Woods as Hank Bewley

Ethan Laidlaw as Trigger

Chief Thunderbird as Chief Cyclone

Delmar Watson as Martin

Richard Alexander as John Little

Willie Best as Excitement

Jerry Tucker as Boy at Camp (uncredited)

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References

1936 comedy films

1936 films

American comedy films

RKO Pictures films

American black-and-white films

Films directed by Fred Guiol

1930s American films

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