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Let's Make a Million

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Let's Make a Million
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRay McCarey
Screenplay byManuel Seff
Robert Yost
Story byThomas Ahearn
Lawrence Pohle
Produced byHarold Hurley
StarringCharlotte Wynters
Edward Everett Horton
Porter Hall
J. M. Kerrigan
Margaret Seddon
Margaret McWade
CinematographyKarl Struss
Edited byDoane Harrison
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 13, 1936 (1936-12-13)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Let's Make a Million is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Manuel Seff and Robert Yost. The film stars Charlotte Wynters, Edward Everett Horton, Porter Hall, J. M. Kerrigan, Margaret Seddon and Margaret McWade. The film was released on December 13, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

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When Congress votes to pay $2 billion in bonus bonds to World War I veterans, gullible Oklahoma machine supply company owner Harrison Gentry receives $1,100. His greedy aunts want to use the money for a memorial to their father, while his fiancee Caroline wants it as a stake so they can marry. Instead, Gentry goes to Kansas City and is duped into investing it in a phony oil company that promises to drill on a promising parcel in Harrison's hometown. Many townspeople join him in investing, only to go broke when the company gives up on a sham well and dissolves. Harrison is ostracized by his neighbors. He leads an American Legion post to strong-arm the remainder of the money back from the swindlers, and uses it to drill a real well that strikes a gusher.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Let's Make a Million (1936) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  2. ^ "Let's Make a Million". Afi.com. 1936-12-18. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
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