The Jackpot (1950)
November 1, 1950Release Date
The Jackpot (1950)
November 1, 1950Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
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)
Harry Hines
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams
Saleslady (uncredited)
Andrew Tombes
Pritchett (uncredited)
John Qualen
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
Piano Shopper (uncredited)
Claude Stroud
Herman Wertheim (uncredited)
Jerry Hausner
Al Stern (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Watch Buyer (uncredited)
Fritz Feld
Pianist (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Simpkins (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Card Player (uncredited)
George Conrad
Mike (uncredited)
Walter Lang
Director
John McNulty
Story
Phoebe Ephron
Screenplay
Henry Ephron
Screenplay
Lionel Newman
Original Music Composer
Joseph LaShelle
Director of Photography
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 1, 1950
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
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The Jackpot is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang, with James Stewart and Barbara Hale in the lead roles. It features a young Natalie Wood.
The screenplay was based on a John McNulty article, "The Jackpot", in The New Yorker (February 19, 1949), about the true experiences of James P. Caffrey of Wakefield, Rhode Island who won $24,000 worth of merchandise on August 28, 1948 from the CBS radio quiz program, Sing It Again.The film is mostly forgotten today, but was a successful vehicle for Stewart at the time. A radio adaptation, broadcast April 26, 1951, on NBC's Screen Directors Playhouse, received much press coverage because Stewart's co-star was Margaret Truman, making her debut as a radio actress for a fee of $2,500. She received mixed reviews, and noted that her father "enjoyed it".