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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939) — Ligoscope

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Film · 1939

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

70 min · Directed by Robert B. Sinclair · NR

5.02
ratings

Damon Runyan's Gay American Story!

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.

Cast

Ann Sothern

Ann Sothern

Ethel Turp

William Gargan

William Gargan

Joe Turp

Lewis Stone

Lewis Stone

The President

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Jim

Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt

Kitty Crusper

Tom Neal

Tom Neal

Johnny Crusper

James Bush

James Bush

Henry Crusper

Don Costello

Don Costello

Fred

Muriel Hutchison

Muriel Hutchison

Francine La Vaughn / Jennie

Jack Norton

Jack Norton

Parker

Aldrich Bowker

Aldrich Bowker

Mike O'Brien

Frederick Burton

Bishop Bannon

Al Shean

Al Shean

Father Reicher

E. Alyn Warren

E. Alyn Warren

Father Reilly

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Pat Donegan

Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

Mr. Graves

Cliff Clark

Cliff Clark

Garage Owner

Paul Everton

Paul Everton

Senator

Charles Trowbridge

Charles Trowbridge

Cabinet Member

Edward LeSaint

Edward LeSaint

Bishop

Walter Kohner

Adolf Hitler (Voice)

Patsy Allen

Ethel as a Child

Tommy Baker

Joe as a Child

Tommy Bupp

Tommy Bupp

Tommy Perkins

Crew

Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Producer: Edgar Selwyn
Writer: Damon Runyon, Melville Baker
Editor: Gene Ruggiero
Cinematography: Leonard Smith
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
Composer: Edward Ward, David Snell
Makeup: Jack Dawn

Details

Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Certification: NR
Release: December 1, 1939

Themes

usa presidentmailmanplea

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