The Chief
1933· 65 min· USA
Comedy
A timid man (Ed Wynn) is thrust into the spotlight when his father is honored as a hero. He blunders into a series of adventures because of a woman (Dorothy Mackaill) and becomes a hero himself. Although two political parties try to use him for their benefit, he unwittingly foils all their plans. This is based on Wynn's famous radio character, and the film ends with Wynn on his own radio show.
- Director
- Charles Reisner
- Writer
- Arthur Caesar, Robert E. Hopkins
- Released
- 3 Nov 1933
- Country
- USA
Cast

Ed Wynn
C'
Charles 'Chic' Sale
DM
Dorothy Mackaill
W'
William 'Stage' Boyd
SM
Sam McDaniel
TW
Tom Wilson

Mickey Rooney
FO
Frank O'Connor
JF
James Farley
NP
Nat Pendleton
AH
Arthur Hoyt
GM
George Magrill
PP
Purnell Pratt
CS
Charles Sellon
GG
George Givot
GM
Graham McNamee
LA
Luis Alberni
SS
Syd Saylor
LP
Lee Phelps
CS
Carl Stockdale
CH
C. Henry Gordon
GM
Greta Meyer
HC
Heinie Conklin
TM
Tom McGuire