The Awful Tooth

The Awful Tooth
Directed by	Nate Watt
Produced by	Hal Roach
Starring	Carl Switzer Billie Thomas Eugene Lee Henry Lee Pete the Pup
Music by	Leroy Shield Marvin Hatley
Cinematography	Norbert Brodine
Edited by	William H. Ziegler
Distributed by	MGM
Release dates	May 28, 1938
Running time	9' 55"
Country	United States
Language	English

The Awful Tooth is a 1938 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Nate Watt. It was the 167th Our Gang short (168th episode, 79th talking short, and the 80th talking episode) that was released.

Plot

Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Porky, and Spike in need of money to purchase baseball equipment, devise a scheme: they will have all their teeth pulled out, which they calculate will earn them one dime per tooth from the tooth fairy. Their dentist hears of their plan, and takes steps to dissuade the kids—beginning with a terrified Alfalfa. In the end, Alfalfa decides to keep his teeth, but the dentist does give them some baseball equipment as a reward for learning a valuable lesson about dental health.^[1]

Cast

The Gang

• Eugene Lee as Porky
• Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
• Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
• Henry Lee as Spike
• George the Monkey as Himself
• Pete the Pup as Himself

Additional cast

• Jack Norton as Dr. Schwartz
• Marjorie Townsend as Miss Rogers

References

1. "New York Times: The Awful Tooth". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-09-21.

External links

• The Awful Tooth at the Internet Movie Database