The Stork Pays Off

The Stork Pays Off

★ 6.3IMDb Score
Released:1941-10-05
Genre:Comedy
Duration:68 min
Director:Lew Landers
Actors:Victor Jory, Rochelle Hudson, Maxie Rosenbloom, Horace McMahon, George McKay
Production:Columbia Pictures

Overview:

Gangster Deak Foster and his three henchmen, Brains Moran, Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle and Photofinish Farris, take over what they think is a night club run by a rival, Stud Rocco, only to discover it is a nursery run by Irene Perry. All fall under the benign influence to the point where the three henchmen go to night school to be educated and Deak falls in love with Julie.

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