The Richest Man in Town
1941 film directed by Charles Barton
- June 12, 1941 (1941-06-12) (US)[1]
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The Richest Man in Town is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring Frank Craven, Edgar Buchanan and Roger Pryor.[2] It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
In a small town bank manager Abb Crothers and newspaper owner Pete Martin have a friendly feud stretching back many years. However Martin goes too far when he published an obituary of the still alive Crothers.
Cast
- Frank Craven as Abb Crothers
- Edgar Buchanan as Pete Martin
- Eileen O'Hearn as Mary Martin
- Roger Pryor as Tom Manning
- Tom Dugan as Jack Leslie
- George McKay as Jerry Ross
- Jimmy Dodd as Bill
- Jan Duggan as Penelope Kidwell
- John Tyrrell as Ozzie Williams
- Harry Tyler as Cliff Smithers
- Will Wright as Frederick Johnson
- Joel Friedkin as Ed Gunther
- Erville Alderson as Jenkins
- Thomas Ross as Dr. Dickenson
- Eddie Earle as Berton
- Ferris Taylor as Perkins
- George Guhl as Sheriff
- Netta Packer as Miss Andrews
- William Gould as Thorpe
- Kathryn Sheldon as Martha
References
Bibliography
- Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
External links
- The Richest Man in Town at IMDb
- The Richest Man in Town at the TCM Movie Database
- The Richest Man in Town at the American Film Institute Catalog
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Films directed by Charles Barton
- Wagon Wheels (1934)
- Car 99 (1935)
- The Last Outpost (1935)
- Nevada (1935)
- Timothy's Quest (1936)
- And Sudden Death (1936)
- Murder with Pictures (1936)
- Rose Bowl (1936)
- The Crime Nobody Saw (1937)
- Forlorn River (1937)
- Thunder Trail (1937)
- Born to the West (1937)
- Behind Prison Gates (1939)
- Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939)
- My Son Is Guilty (1939)
- Five Little Peppers at Home (1940)
- Island of Doomed Men (1940)
- Babies for Sale (1940)
- Out West with the Peppers (1940)
- Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940)
- The Phantom Submarine (1940)
- Nobody's Children (1940)
- Honolulu Lu (1941)
- The Richest Man in Town (1941)
- Sing for Your Supper (1941)
- Two Latins from Manhattan (1941)
- Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
- Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942)
- Parachute Nurse (1942)
- Lucky Legs (1942)
- The Spirit of Stanford (1942)
- Laugh Your Blues Away (1942)
- Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942)
- Reveille with Beverly (1943)
- What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943)
- Is Everybody Happy? (1943)
- She Has What It Takes (1943)
- Beautiful but Broke (1944)
- Hey, Rookie (1944)
- Jam Session (1944)
- Louisiana Hayride (1944)
- The Beautiful Cheat (1945)
- Men in Her Diary (1945)
- The Time of Their Lives (1946)
- Smooth as Silk (1946)
- White Tie and Tails (1946)
- Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
- The Noose Hangs High (1948)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Mexican Hayride (1948)
- Africa Screams (1949)
- Free for All (1949)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
- The Milkman (1950)
- Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
- Dance with Me, Henry (1956)
- The Shaggy Dog (1959)
- Toby Tyler (1960)
- Swingin' Along (1962)
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