The Jackpot

Nov 1, 1950

1h 25m

★ 6.9

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!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

The Jackpot Trailers

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Cast

Bill Lawrence

James Stewart

Amy Lawrence

Barbara Hale

Harry Summers

James Gleason

Andrew Woodruff

Fred Clark

Leslie

Alan Mowbray

Hilda Jones

Patricia Medina

Phyllis Lawrence

Natalie Wood

Tommy Lawrence

Tommy Rettig

Pete Spooner

Robert Gist

Fred Burns

Lyle Talbot

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Marjorie Holliday

Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

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