Playin' Hookey   

(1928)

20 minutes

Comedy / Silent

Directed by Robert F. McGowan

Cast: Our Gang

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins as Farina
Mickey Daniels as Mickey
Joe Cobb as Joe
Jackie Condon as Jackie
Mary Kornman as Mary
Jannie Hoskins as Zuccini
Jay R. Smith as Jay
Harry Spear as Harry
Pete the Pup as Pansy
Harry Arras as Movie-maker
Chet Brandenburg as a Cop
Ed Brandenburg as a Cop
Jean Darling as Jean, Joe's sister
Edgar Dearing as Herr Dun der Blitzen
Budd Fine as Joe's father
William Gillespie as Moving picture star
Charlie Hall as Moving picture star
Jack Hill as a Cop
Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins as Wheezer, Joe's brother
Mildred Kornman as Baby
Sam Lufkin as a Cop
Charles Meakin as Movie-maker
Arthur Millett as a Cop
Charley Oelze as Himself
Lincoln Plumer as Movie-maker
Tiny Sandford as Mike, studio guard
Lyle Tayo as Joe's mother
Dorothy Coburn as Woman hit with pie

In this Our Gang film, Joe Cobb must come up with a plan to stop his frustrated dad from shooting his playful but troublesome dog Pansy. Joe trains Pansy to play dead in order to stop his dad from shooting him. Pansy ends up playing dead so well, he is hired as a stunt dog by a movie studio.