Overview:
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.| Status: | Released (1940-10-25) |
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| Awards: | 3 wins total |
| Screen: | Preston Sturges |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 19328: Dick Powell - Jimmy McDonald
- 84485: Ellen Drew - Betsy Casey
- 89673: Raymond Walburn - Dr. Maxford
- 112992: Alexander Carr - Mr. Shindel
- 21510: William Demarest - Mr. Bildocker
- 34419: Ernest Truex - Mr. Baxter
- 13966: Franklin Pangborn - Don Hartman - Radio Announcer
Crews
- 30249: Preston Sturges - Writer - Writing
- 30249: Preston Sturges - Director - Directing
- 7689: Wally Westmore - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
- 30257: Leo Shuken - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 30258: Victor Milner - Director of Photography - Camera
- 30251: Paul Jones - Producer - Production
- 14972: Buddy G. DeSylva - Producer - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
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Smarter than you may at first think. On the surface this effort from the brilliant Preston Sturges looks like a standard sugar coated feel good movie, but strip away the outer skin and you get a delightful collage of comedy, romance, satire, drama, and nudge nudge observations abo ....
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