Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?
6.4
Score
32 votes
“Yes Sir! Wednesday was WILD! Wednesday was RUGGED!”

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
Editorial context, craft details, and films that share its DNA.
