The Plot.

Edgar is a census taker, but is primarily interested in finding a rich widow for his father-in-law (Billy Franey), so he won't have to continue to support him. 

All Pop wants to make him happy is a cow. 

When Edgar comes home with both a cow and a phony rich widow, the results are not what Edgar planned for.

Another winner from the Kennedy RKO series.

The most bizarre thing is the guy who plays the father is actually nearly 10 years YOUNGER than Edgar Kennedy!

Anita Garvin,familiar to Lurel & Hardy fans, is in this film as well!

Great.

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Census taker Ed mistakes a maid for the lady of a mansion and discovers that she was once engaged to his father-in-law. He thereby hatches a scheme to reunite and marry the old boy off.

Billy Franey, Edgar Kennedy, and Vivien Oakland in Sunk by the Census (1940)

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