Sweepstakes Winner is a 1939 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann, written by John W. Krafft, and starring Marie Wilson, Johnnie Davis, Allen Jenkins, Charley Foy,[1] Jerry Colonna and Frankie Burke.[2][3] It was released by Warner Bros. on May 20, 1939.[4][5][6]

Sweepstakes Winner
Directed byWilliam C. McGann
Screenplay byJohn W. Krafft
Story byHugh Cummings
Albert DeMond
Produced byBryan Foy
StarringMarie Wilson
Johnnie Davis
Allen Jenkins
Charley Foy
Jerry Colonna
Frankie Burke
CinematographyArthur Edeson
Edited byFrank Magee
Music byHoward Jackson
Production
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Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 20, 1939 (1939-05-20)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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A naive girl, Jennie, inherits $1,000 from her grandfather, who tells her to buy a particular racehorse with it. His instructions send her to two broke bookies. They tell her she need $5,000 to buy the horse and offer to bet it for her on a 5 to 1 horse in a race that day. That horse wins, but one of the bookies, Jinx Donovan, followed a bad tip and instead bet $500 on a loser. Rather than admit he lost the money, he arranges to have her robbed just after he returned the remaining $500 to her in a wad to look like the $5,000. Down to her last few dollars, Jennie gets a job as a waitress. The bookies eat a meal at the restaurant. Too broke to pay for it, they sell her an Irish Sweepstakes ticket for $10 and the meal. The ticket wins the first round, meaning she would win a huge cash prize if her horse won the sweepstakes race. She is offered cash for the ticket, but decided to rely on her luck instead.

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References

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  1. ^ The American Film Institute 1999, p. 255.
  2. ^ "Sweepstakes Winner". British Film Institute. United Kingdom. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  3. ^ "Sweepstakes Winner". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  4. ^ "Sweepstakes Winner (1939) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  5. ^ Sandra Brennan (2015). "Sweepstakes-Winner - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  6. ^ "Sweepstakes Winner". American Film Institute. Los Angeles. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  7. ^ Palmer 1988, p. 53.
  8. ^ McCann 2009, p. 266.

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