Meet the Chump
{{short description|1941 film by Edward F. Cline}}
{{Infobox film
| image = File:Meet the Chump.jpg
| name = Meet the Chump
| producer = Ken Goldsmith
| screenplay = Alex Gottlieb
| story = Hal Hudson
Otis Garrett
| director = Edward F. Cline
| starring = Hugh Herbert
Jeanne Kelly
Jean Brooks
Anne Nagel
| music = Hans J. Salter
| cinematography = Elwood Bredell
| editing = Milton Carruth
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| runtime = 60 minutes
| released = {{Film date|1941|02|14}}
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Meet the Chump is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Hugh Herbert, Jean Brooks and Anne Nagel.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Meet the Chump (1941) At the Palace|author=T.S.|date=February 27, 1941|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A01E3DC133DE33BBC4F51DFB466838A659EDE}}Fetrow p.303 It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Plot
A man desperately attempts to avoid giving up the ten million dollar trust that he's been administering so well that there's barely any money left.
Cast
- Hugh Herbert as Hugh Mansfield
- Lewis Howard as John Francis Mansfield III
- Jean Brooks as Madge Reilly
- Anne Nagel as Miss Burke
- Kathryn Adams as Gloria Mitchell
- Shemp Howard as Stinky Fink
- Richard Lane as Slugs Bennett
- Andrew Tombes as Revello
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Juniper
- Charles Halton as Dr. Stephanowsky
- Martin Spellman as Champ
- Edward Gargan as Muldoon
References
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Bibliography
- Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0033894}}
{{Edward F. Cline}}
Category:American comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Edward F. Cline
Category:1940s English-language films
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