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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".
Original Release
11/01/1950
US Release
11/01/1950
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Stewart | William J. 'Bill' Lawrence |
Barbara Hale | Amy Lawrence |
James Gleason | Harry Summers |
Fred Clark | Mr. Andrew J. Woodruff |
Alan Mowbray | Leslie |
Patricia Medina | Hildegarde Jonet / Hilda Jones |
Natalie Wood | Phyllis Lawrence |
Tommy Rettig | Tommy Lawrence |
Robert Gist | Pete Spooner |
Lyle Talbot | Fred Burns |
Directors
Writers
John McNulty, Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Stewart | William J. 'Bill' Lawrence |
Barbara Hale | Amy Lawrence |
James Gleason | Harry Summers |
Fred Clark | Mr. Andrew J. Woodruff |
Alan Mowbray | Leslie |
Patricia Medina | Hildegarde Jonet / Hilda Jones |
Natalie Wood | Phyllis Lawrence |
Tommy Rettig | Tommy Lawrence |
Robert Gist | Pete Spooner |
Lyle Talbot | Fred Burns |
Dorothy Adams | Watch Saleswoman - Store Employee |
Walter Baldwin | Watch Buyer |
Jay Barney | Police Detective |
Robert Bice | Policeman in Bookie Raid |
John Bleifer | Bookie Parlor Clerk |
Frances Budd | Saleslady |
Harry Carter | Card Player |
Ken Christy | Man |
Dick Cogan | Mr. Brown |
Heinie Conklin | Workman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Samuel G. Engel | Producer |