The Jackpot
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“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.
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Cast
24 people
James Stewart
Bill Lawrence
Known for
Rear Window
Vertigo
Barbara Hale
Amy Lawrence
Known for
Perry Mason
Airport
James Gleason
Harry Summers
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Arsenic and Old Lace
Fred Clark
Andrew Woodruff
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
A Place in the Sun
Alan Mowbray
Leslie
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Terror by Night
Patricia Medina
Hilda Jones
Known for
Mr. Arkadin
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Natalie Wood
Phyllis Lawrence
Known for
West Side Story
Rebel Without a Cause
Tommy Rettig
Tommy Lawrence
Known for
Lassie
River of No Return
Robert Gist
Pete Spooner
Known for
Strangers on a Train
Operation Petticoat
Lyle Talbot
Fred Burns
Known for
Jail Bait
Glen or Glenda
Marjorie Holliday
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Also in
Son of Sinbad
House of Strangers
Minerva Urecal
Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
Known for
The Corpse Vanishes
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Walter Lang Director · Phoebe Ephron Screenplay Henry Ephron Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.5M · United States release November 1, 1950 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,525,000
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 1, 1950
Theatrical
Austria
November 23, 1951 · Theatrical
Germany
December 25, 1951 · Theatrical
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