The Jackpot

The Jackpot (1950)

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!

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1950-11-01
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Walter Lang
star 6.8/10
From 18 Ratings

Trailer

Summary

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.

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  • James Stewart

    as Bill Lawrence
  • Barbara Hale

    as Amy Lawrence
  • James Gleason

    as Harry Summers
  • Fred Clark

    as Andrew Woodruff
  • Alan Mowbray

    as Leslie
  • Patricia Medina

    as Hilda Jones
  • Natalie Wood

    as Phyllis Lawrence
  • Tommy Rettig

    as Tommy Lawrence
  • Robert Gist

    as Pete Spooner
  • Lyle Talbot

    as Fred Burns
  • Marjorie Holliday

    as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
  • Minerva Urecal

    as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
  • Harry Hines

    as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
  • Dorothy Adams

    as Saleslady (uncredited)
  • Andrew Tombes

    as Pritchett (uncredited)
  • John Qualen

    as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
  • Milton Parsons

    as Piano Shopper (uncredited)
  • Claude Stroud

    as Herman Wertheim (uncredited)
  • Jerry Hausner

    as Al Stern (uncredited)
  • Walter Baldwin

    as Watch Buyer (uncredited)
  • Fritz Feld

    as Pianist (uncredited)
  • Robert Dudley

    as Simpkins (uncredited)
  • Harry Carter

    as Card Player (uncredited)
  • George Conrad

    as Mike (uncredited)
Art Joseph C. Wright Art Direction
Sound Lionel Newman Original Music Composer
Camera Joseph LaShelle Director of Photography
Production Samuel G. Engel Producer
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Editing J. Watson Webb Jr. Editor
Sound Earle Hagen Orchestrator
Art Stuart A. Reiss Set Decoration
Sound Roger Heman Sr. Sound
Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Art Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
Crew Fred Sersen Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Edward Stevenson Costume Design
Sound George Leverett Sound
Directing Walter Lang Director
Writing John McNulty Story
Writing Phoebe Ephron Screenplay
Writing Henry Ephron Screenplay