Earthworm Tractors is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Ray Enright[1] and starring Joe E. Brown, June Travis and Guy Kibbee. The film is also known as A Natural Born Salesman in the United Kingdom. <br /><br />The film is based on characters created by William Hazlett Upson in a series of stories that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. The series featured Alexander Botts, an eternally optimistic self-proclaimed "natural-born salesman", and the Earthworm Tractor Company, and was inspired in part by Upson's actual work experience with the Caterpillar Tractor Company. <br /><br />Plot: A salesman tries to sell tractors to an old-fashioned lumberman, despite the man being opposed to tractors of any kind. The daughter of the lumberman encourages the salesman, so he pulls out all stops to sell the tractors and win the woman's love. It's not going to be easy. <br />Credits <br />Joe E. Brown as Alexander Botts <br />June Travis as Mabel Johnson <br />Guy Kibbee as Sam Johnson <br />Dick Foran as Emmet McManus <br />Carol Hughes as Sally Blair <br />Gene Lockhart as George Healey <br />Olin Howland as Mr. Blair <br />Joseph Crehan as Mr. Henderson <br />Charles C. Wilson as H.J. Russell <br />William B. Davidson as Mr. Jackson <br />Irving Bacon as Taxicab Driver <br />Stuart Holmes as The Doctor <br />Frederick Schmitt as tractor driving stunt double for Joe E. Brown <br /><br />Directed by Ray Enright <br />Screenplay by Hugh Cummings, Richard Macaulay, Paul Gerard Smith, <br />Joe Traub & Peter Milne <br />Based on short stories in The Saturday Evening Post <br />by William Hazlett Upson <br />Produced by Samuel Bischoff (producer) <br />Hal B. Wallis (executive producer) <br />Cinematography Arthur L. Todd <br />Edited by Doug Gould <br />Music by Leo F. Forbstein
