Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Dec 1, 1939

1h 10m

★ 2.0

Damon Runyan's Gay American Story!

Overview

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Ethel Turp

Ann Sothern

Joe Turp

William Gargan

The President

Lewis Stone

Jim

Walter Brennan

Kitty Crusper

Marsha Hunt

Johnny Crusper

Tom Neal

Henry Crusper

James Bush

Fred

Don Costello

Francine La Vaughn / Jennie

Muriel Hutchison

Parker

Jack Norton

Mike O'Brien

Aldrich Bowker

Bishop Bannon

Frederick Burton

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