The Nitwits

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

George Stevens

Writing Credits

Fred Guiol
(screen play) and
Al Boasberg
(screen play)
Stuart Palmer
(story)
Grant Garett
(contributor to dialogue) (uncredited)
Leslie Goodwins
(contributor to comedy construction) (uncredited)
George Stevens
(uncredited)

Cast

Bert Wheeler
Johnnie
Robert Woolsey
Newton
Betty Grable
Mary Roberts
Hale Hamilton
Winfield Lake
Evelyn Brent
Mrs. Alice Lake
Erik Rhodes
George Clark
Fred Keating
William Darrell
Charles C. Wilson
Police Captain Jennings
Arthur Aylesworth
Lurch
Willie Best
Sleepy
Lew Kelly
J. Gabriel Hazel
Joan Andrews
Singer
Martin Cichy
Cop
Nathan Curry
Minor Role
Dick Curtis
Cop on Stakeout
Edgar Dearing
Police Officer Barney Riley
Jack Ellis
Hoofer
Dick Gilbert
Black Widow Henchman
William Gould
Police Sergeant
Frances Grant
Hoofer
Jack Grant
Minor Role
Jesse Graves
Minor Role
Donald Haines
Hal - Office Boy
Pat Harmon
Singing Prisoner
Donald Kerr
Martin
Ham Kinsey
Black Widow Henchman
Harry Levette
Minor Role
George Magrill
Cop
Edward Peil Sr.
Eddie the Detective
Gil Perkins
Minor Role
Jack Perry
Singing Prisoner
Joey Ray
Joey Ray - Crooner
Bob Reeves
Cop on Stakeout
Eli Reynolds
Minor Role
Constantine Romanoff
Singing Prisoner
Jack Roper
Singing Prisoner
Floyd Shackelford
Black Widow Henchman
Arthur Treacher
Man with Tennis Equipment
Billy Wayne
Martin
Pat West
Black Widow Henchman

Produced by

Lee S. Marcus
associate producer (as Lee Marcus)

Music by

Roy Webb
(uncredited)

Cinematography by

Edward Cronjager
(photographed by)

Editing by

John Lockert
(edited by)

Art Direction by

Van Nest Polglase

Costume Design by

Bernard Newman
(uncredited)

Makeup Department

Mel Berns
makeup supervisor (uncredited)

Production Management

Charles Stallings
unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Doran Cox
second assistant director (uncredited)
Jean Yarbrough
first assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Perry Ferguson
associate art director
Joseph C. Behm
assistant property master (uncredited)

Sound Department

Philip Faulkner Jr.
recordist (as P.J. Faulkner Jr.)

Special Effects by

Harry Redmond Sr.
special effects supervisor: rain machine (uncredited)

Stunts

Teddy Mangean
stunts (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
stunts (uncredited)
Slim Talbot
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Sergeant Caldwell
best boy (uncredited)
Cleo Crabtree
gaffer (uncredited)
E.T. Harris
grip (uncredited)
Kay Norton
assistant camera (uncredited)
Albert Wetzel
camera operator (uncredited)
Ralph Wildman
key grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Edith Clark
wardrobe: women (uncredited)
Clem Harrington
wardrobe: men (uncredited)

Music Department

Roy Webb
musical director
Maurice De Packh
orchestrator (uncredited)
Roy Webb
conductor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Ann Coleman
script supervisor (uncredited)
Gloria Gottschalk
script supervisor (uncredited)
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