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Jackpot (The)
- Director: Walter Lang
- Writer: John McNulty; Phoebe Ephron
- Producer: Samuel G. Engel
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The epitome of all that was/is wrong with middle, white, suburban, greedy America.
How things haven't changed in over 60 years...scary.
The 'gay' interior designer is as offensive as it gets.
No trailer...there was a trailer but it has since disappeared!
The(ir) Blurb...
Bill Lawrence wins a slew of prizes on a radio quiz program. His happiness is short-lived when he discovers he'll have to sell the prizes in order to pay the taxes on them.
Cast & Characters
James Stewart as William J. 'Bill' Lawrence;
Barbara Hale as Amy Lawrence;
James Gleason as Harry Summers;
Fred Clark as Mr. Andrew J. Woodruff;
Alan Mowbray as Leslie;
Patricia Medina as Hildegarde Jonet aka Hilda Jones;
Natalie Wood as Phyllis Lawrence;
Tommy Rettig as Tommy Lawrence;
Robert Gist as Pete Spooner;
Lyle Talbot as Fred Burns;
Dorothy Adams as Watch Saleswoman - Store Employee;
Walter Baldwin as Watch buyer;
Jay Barney as Police Detective;
Robert Bice as Policeman in Bookie Raid;
John Bleifer as Bookie Parlor Clerk