The Jackpot
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| The Jackpot | |
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| Directed by | Walter Lang |
| Produced by | Samuel G. Engel |
| Written by | Henry Ephron Phoebe Ephron |
| Starring | James Stewart Barbara Hale James Gleason |
| Music by | Lionel Newman |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Editing by | J. Watson Webb Jr. |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | November 1, 1950 |
| Running time | 85 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Jackpot is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring James Stewart. The film is mostly forgotten today, but was a successful vehicle for Stewart at the time, and featured a young Natalie Wood.
[edit] Plot
Bill Lawrence (James Stewart) is an overworked man with a wife and two teenage kids to look after. He wins a radio game show and finds himself with an enormous amount of prizes which range from useful to absurd. All is well until Lawrence finds he must sell the prizes in order to pay for taxes.
[edit] Cast
James Stewart as Bill Lawrence
Barbara Hale as Amy Lawrence
James Gleason as Harry Summers
Fred Clark as Mr. Woodruff
Alan Mowbray as Leslie
Patricia Medina as Hilda Jones
Natalie Wood as Phyllis Lawrence
Tommy Rettig as Tommy Lawrence
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