King of the Pins
1950-04-13 · 9 min · Not rated
Comedy short about Buddy Hackett as an incompetent bowler.
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- Directors
- Harry Foster
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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