Snug in the Jug (1933) User Reviews

Typically Funny Clark & McCullough Short

[boblipton · 6/10 · 10 May 2023]

Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough are released from prison and get jobs posting wanted posters for Harry Gribbon. They make friends with a criminologist on Gribbon's trail and get invited to a party. Before they can do so, Gribbon captures the criminologist and disguises himself as the fellow to invade the party and steal lots of jewelry with Clark and McCullough's help.

Throughout it all, Clark keeps up his high-speed spate of nonsense, and McCullough keeps laughing at it and doubling Clark's actions. They were one of the Crazy Comedy teams of the era, like the Marx Brothers, and celebrated for their zany antics. McCullough would die in 1936 at the age of 52, while Clark would return to the stage and many years of headlining shows.

Kinda cute....

[planktonrules · 7/10 · 25 March 2017]

"Snug in the Jug" starts off very oddly...which is good since it's a comedy. Clark & McCullough are getting out of prison and saying goodbye to their old friend, the Warden. Seeing the Warden crying and wishing the boys could stay was rather cute. On their way out, the Warden suggests the boys look for Slug Mullen, the crook, as there's a reward for his capture.

While the pair are out tacking up wanted posters for Slug, they meet Professor Eizenkopf, a famous German criminologist and the three soon become very chummy...so much so that the Professor invites them to a fancy party. But, soon after, Slug captures the Professor and dons a disguise to look like Eizenkopf...and Clark & McCullough soon arrive to go with him to the party! What's next? See the film...and the really weird ending!

I think the jokes in this Clark & McCullough comedy were okay but what I really liked was how quickly the duo became pals with a warden and a criminologist...clever and most unusual. Worth seeing.

Lunacy at its best!

[JohnHowardReid · 9/10 · 5 October 2013]

The "jug" of this title of course is not a jug of whiskey, but jail. Good old jail! Directed by Ben Holmes, who wrote the crazy story and screenplay (and who also megaphoned their best film, Odor in the Court in 1934), this delightful, well-produced Clark and McCullough outing never ceases to astonish as well as produce plenty of laughter. The budget is amazingly extensive and the fast-talking duo take every advantage of the huge sets as well as the flood of crazy quips and wisecracks. (Although uncredited, I believe that Bobby Clark had a hand in augmenting the screenplay with many of the quips that roll off his tongue like a machine gun). The scene in which these assiduous lunatics plaster an enormous street set with Slug Mullins posters has to be seen to be believed. Good old Slug is played by Harry Gribbon who made no fewer than 140 movie appearances before he retired in 1938. He's always worth seeing. The only woman in the cast, Lelia Leslie plays Mrs Van Ryder. One wonders how she happened to be on stage and center, as this is her only movie appearance. Anyway, this little gem of pungent lunacy is available on an excellent DVD, namely Alpha's "Just Like Heaven" disc.