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Divot Diggers is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Robert F. McGowan released in USA on 8 february 1936 with George McFarland
Divot Diggers (1936)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 8 february 1936
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Rating68%
Divot Diggers is a 1936 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan; It was the 142nd Our Gang short to be released.
Synopsis
The action takes place at an expansive California golf course, where the gang merrily play their own ragtag version of golf with makeshift clubs. When the course's regular caddies quit en masse, the desperate caddy master hires the gang members as replacements. The kids—and their gibberish-spouting pet chimpanzee—proceed to drive an adult foursome crazy, then put the finishing touch on an imperfect day by accidentally commandeering a lawn-mowing tractor.Actors
George McFarland
(Spanky)
Carl Switzer
(Alfalfa)
Jack Hill
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
(Buckwheat)
Billy Bletcher
(Golfer)
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