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The Jackpot is a film of genre Comedy directed by Walter Lang released in USA on 1 november 1950 with James Stewart
The Jackpot (1950)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 november 1950
Length 1h25
Directed by Walter Lang
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Rating65%
The Jackpot is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang with James Stewart and Barbara Hale in the lead roles. It features a young Natalie Wood.
The screenplay was based on a John McNulty article, "The Jackpot" in The New Yorker (February 19, 1949), about the true experiences of James P. Caffrey of Wakefield, Rhode Island who won $24,000 worth of merchandise on August 28, 1948 from the CBS radio quiz program, Sing It Again.
The film is mostly forgotten today but was a successful vehicle for Stewart at the time. A radio adaptation, broadcast April 26, 1951 on NBC's Screen Directors Playhouse, received much press coverage because Stewart's co-star was Margaret Truman, making her debut as a radio actress for a fee of $2,500. She received mixed reviews and noted that her father "enjoyed it".
Synopsis
Bill Lawrence remporte un grand nombre de prix sur un programme de quiz radio. Son bonheur est de courte durée quand il découvre qu'il va devoir vendre les prix afin de payer les taxes sur eux.Actors
James Stewart
(William J. 'Bill' Lawrence)
Barbara Hale
(Amy Lawrence)
James Gleason
(Harry Summers)
Fred Clark
(Mr. Andrew J. Woodruff)
Natalie Wood
(Phyllis Lawrence)
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