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How to Frame a Figg

1971
1h 43m
Comedy
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Cast

Don Knotts (Hollis Alexander Figg)Joe Flynn (Kermit Sanderson)Edward Andrews (Mayor Robert Chisholm)Elaine Joyce (Ema Letha Kusic)Yvonne Craig (Glorianna Hastings)Frank Welker (Prentiss Gates)Parker Fennelly (Old Charley Spaulding)Bill Zuckert (Commissioner Henderson)Pitt Herbert (Dr. Schmidt)Robert P. Lieb (Commissioner Hayes)Bob Hastings (Chris Groat)Bruce Kirby (Dale Groat)Stuart Nisbet (Gentry Groat)James Millhollin (Funeral Director)Fay DeWitt (Grace)Savannah Bentley (Ethel Purvis)Athena Lorde (Agnes)Bill Quinn (Asst. Atty. Gen. John Carmoni)

Director

Alan Rafkin

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Synopsis

Don Knotts is Hollis Figg, the dumbest bookkeeper in town. When the city fathers buy a second-hand computer to cover up their financial shenanigans, they promote Figg to look after things, knowing he'll never catch on. Their plan backfires when Figg becomes self-important and accidentally discovers their plot.

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