three zany couple and all six of a kind and become entangle in a madcap search for stolen bank loot . this be a lively and hilarious comedy and with the six star charlie ruggles and mary boland and w. c. field and alison skipworth and george burn and gracie allen all heartily engage in do what they do best represent get laugh . ruggles and boland make another of their film appearance a husband and wife this time rather more amorous than usual . they be a perfect team she the strident lioness and he the nervous rabbit and they dominate most of the screen time here . from begin to end and they be a delight . burn and allen continue the patter they originate in vaudeville and perfect on radio and would eventually take to television and with george the perpetual straight man and gracie the eternal fool . at time in the film she tend to go a bit over the top and but it difficult to dislike her . her heart be obviously make of solid gold . while skipworth be give rather short shrift only fragment of her formidable personality flash through field be in his element a the disreputable sheriff of nuggetville and nevada . whether explain how he get the nickname honest john or skulk about at night look for the miss moola and he be never less than wonderful . best of all and he get to perform his entire classic pool routine and preserve it forever for a grateful posterity . finally and he execute the near miraculous he get gracie to shut up . paramount be so pleased with the success of six of a kind that they want to hurry the principle player into another comedy . only field demur . he felt he have now arrive at the point where he no longer need to share a movie with other celebrity comic . the studio finally agree and begin preparation of field first solo star feature and youre tell me ( 1934 ) .