Blondie on a Budget

Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.

Cast

Penny Singleton

as Blondie Bumstead

Arthur Lake

as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead

Larry Simms

as Baby Dumpling Bumstead

Daisy

as Daisy

Rita Hayworth

as Joan Forrester

Danny Mummert

as Alvin Fuddle

Don Beddoe

as Marvin Williams

John Qualen

as Ed Fuddle

Fay Helm

as Mrs. Fuddle

Irving Bacon

as Mailman

Reviews

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This was particularly enjoyable because of an early appearance of Rita Hayworth, as an old flame of Dagwood's that comes back into his life and makes Blondie hugely insecure and jealous. Great fun....

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