The Jackpot
1950 film by Walter Lang / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Jackpot | |
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Directed by | Walter Lang |
Written by | Henry Ephron Phoebe Ephron |
Produced by | Samuel G. Engel |
Starring | James Stewart Barbara Hale James Gleason Natalie Wood |
Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
Edited by | J. Watson Webb Jr. |
Music by | Lionel Newman |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,525,000[1][2] |
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.[3][4]
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".[5]