The Jackpot
“He had a wife, two kids, a home of his own, a job with a future and then POOR JIMMY WON THE $24,000 RADIO JACKPOT!”
1950•NR•1h 25m•7.1•Released
Comedy
Bill Lawrence wins a bevy of prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them in order to pay the taxes incurred.
Director
Walter Lang
Writer
Henry Ephron, Phoebe Ephron
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
James Stewart
Bill Lawrence
Barbara Hale
Amy Lawrence
James Gleason
Harry Summers
Fred Clark
Andrew Woodruff
Alan Mowbray
Leslie
Patricia Medina
Hilda Jones
Natalie Wood
Phyllis Lawrence
Tommy Rettig
Tommy Lawrence
Robert Gist
Pete Spooner
Lyle Talbot
Fred Burns
Marjorie Holliday
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
Harry Hines
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams
Saleslady (uncredited)
Andrew Tombes
Pritchett (uncredited)
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
Samuel G. Engel
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