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In order to inherit $7,000,000, an ex-soldier must spend $1,000,000 in two months' time.In order to inherit $7,000,000, an ex-soldier must spend $1,000,000 in two months' time.In order to inherit $7,000,000, an ex-soldier must spend $1,000,000 in two months' time.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Eddie Acuff
- Cab Driver
- (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
- Stage Doorman
- (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
- Notary
- (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
- Woman at Yacht Party
- (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
- Police Detective
- (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
- Hold-Up Victim
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaUpon its original release, the film was banned in Memphis, Tennessee, where officials found Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson's servant character had "too familiar a way about him" and that the movie overall depicted "too much social equality and racial mixture."
- GoofsWhen a phone rings on Brewster's desk, he picks up the wrong phone. His friend answers the ringing phone and passes it to Brewster and then places Brewster's hand set on the ringing phone's cradle, which would have ended the phone call. Brewster finishes his call and puts the handset on the other cradle. Then that phone rings and he has another conversation which is also impossible.
- Quotes
Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster: Say, I heard you were in the Navy.
Jackson: So did the Japs. And when they did, there was more Hari-Kari and throat cutting than at a Harlem rent party.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Re-Making Millions (2020)
- SoundtracksWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home
(uncredited)
Written by Louis Lambert
Sung by Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson at the beginning
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An archetypal fast and furious, beat-the-clock screwball comedy based on a typically offbeat idea of a returning soldier standing to inherit millions if he can spend a million dollars in two months, but not tell anyone in the process. Cue a procession of hair-brained supposedly dead-duck schemes and investments which naturally come good to thwart our hero's plans until things right themselves by the end.
The basic idea is a good one and you suspect in the hands of a Frank Capra or Preston Sturges could have been wrung for more laughs and one suspects a bit deeper social comment, this failing exposed none more so than when Brewster's overnight largess to his black servant is to offer him a lackey's job for life, just after he's thrown tens of thousands of dollars at the rest of his nearest and dearest.
For me the pacing was just too frenetic and while likable enough the lead actors lacked the personality and timing of the recognised A-list acting talent of the day. Plus, I have to say the crudely deferential treatment of said black man-servant, all loud wise-cracks and "Yass boss, no boss" dates the film horribly.
But putting that to one side, this is a rollicking, occasionally humorous and engaging Golden Age comedy, worth diverting 75 minutes of your time for.
The basic idea is a good one and you suspect in the hands of a Frank Capra or Preston Sturges could have been wrung for more laughs and one suspects a bit deeper social comment, this failing exposed none more so than when Brewster's overnight largess to his black servant is to offer him a lackey's job for life, just after he's thrown tens of thousands of dollars at the rest of his nearest and dearest.
For me the pacing was just too frenetic and while likable enough the lead actors lacked the personality and timing of the recognised A-list acting talent of the day. Plus, I have to say the crudely deferential treatment of said black man-servant, all loud wise-cracks and "Yass boss, no boss" dates the film horribly.
But putting that to one side, this is a rollicking, occasionally humorous and engaging Golden Age comedy, worth diverting 75 minutes of your time for.
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- Lejink
- Jun 16, 2013
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- En stackars miljonär
- Filming locations
- Hollywood, California, USA(Studio)
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- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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