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!
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.
- Date of release
- 1950-11-01
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Walter Lang
Casting
- James Stewart — Bill Lawrence
- Barbara Hale — Amy Lawrence
- James Gleason — Harry Summers
- Fred Clark — Andrew Woodruff
- Alan Mowbray — Leslie
- Patricia Medina — Hilda Jones
- Natalie Wood — Phyllis Lawrence
- Tommy Rettig — Tommy Lawrence
- Robert Gist — Pete Spooner
- Lyle Talbot — Fred Burns
- Marjorie Holliday — Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Minerva Urecal — Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Jackpot is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang, with James Stewart and Barbara Hale in the lead roles and featuring a young Natalie Wood.
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