Sweepstakes Winner
1939 film by William C. McGann
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Sweepstakes Winner is a 1939 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann, written by John W. Krafft, and starring Marie Wilson, Johnnie Davis, Allen Jenkins, Charley Foy,[1] Jerry Colonna and Frankie Burke.[2][3][4] It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on May 20, 1939.[5][6][7]
Albert DeMond
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| Directed by | William C. McGann |
| Screenplay by | John W. Krafft |
| Story by | Hugh Cummings Albert DeMond |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Starring | Marie Wilson Johnnie Davis Allen Jenkins Charley Foy Jerry Colonna Frankie Burke |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Frank Magee |
| Music by | Howard Jackson |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 59 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
A naive girl, Jennie, inherits $1,000 from her grandfather, who tells her to buy a particular racehorse with it. His instructions send her to two broke bookies. They tell her she need $5,000 to buy the horse and offer to bet it for her on a 5 to 1 horse in a race that day. That horse wins, but one of the bookies, Jinx Donovan, followed a bad tip and instead bet $500 on a loser. Rather than admit he lost the money, he arranges to have her robbed just after he returned the remaining $500 to her in a wad to look like the $5,000. Down to her last few dollars, Jennie gets a job as a waitress. The bookies eat a meal at the restaurant. Too broke to pay for it, they sell her an Irish Sweepstakes ticket for $10 and the meal. The ticket wins the first round, meaning she would win a huge cash prize if her horse won the sweepstakes race. She is offered cash for the ticket, but decided to rely on her luck instead.
Cast
- Marie Wilson as Jennie Jones
- Johnnie Davis as Mark Downe
- Allen Jenkins as Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey
- Charley Foy as 'Jinx' Donovan
- Sam McDaniel as Mose
- Jerry Colonna as Nick
- Frankie Burke as Chalky Williams
- Vera Lewis as Mrs. McCarthy
- Granville Bates as Pop Reynolds
- Eddie Kane as Mr. Blake
- Bert Hanlon as Poolroom Guard
- George Lloyd as Dutch
- Sidney Bracey[8] as Mr. Simpkins
- Charles Irwin as English Radio Announcer
- Bernice Pilot[9] as Martha (Uncredited)
