The Jackpot

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  • Genre(s):Comedy
  • Release year: 1950
  • Running time: 85 min
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...read more

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

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Walter Lang

Writers

John McNulty, Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron

Cast

Producers

Editors

J. Watson Webb Jr.

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