All American Chump
5.6 /10 1 Votes
Director Edwin L. Marin Music director William Axt Duration Language English | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Story by Lawrence Kimble Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 16, 1936 (1936-10-16) Writer Lawrence Kimble (original screenplay) Cast Tyler Brooke (Andrews), Edmund Gwenn (Jeffrey Crane), Harvey Stephens (Jim Crawford), Robert Armstrong (Bill Hogan), Betty Furness (Kitty Crane)Similar movies Mister Cinderella (1936), Mama Steps Out (1937), Married Before Breakfast (1937), Should Ladies Behave (1933), Maisie (1939) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All American Chump is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Lawrence Kimble. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Robert Armstrong, Betty Furness, Edmund Gwenn and Harvey Stephens. The film was released on October 16, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
Meek clerk Elmer Lamb has a mind for figures, so much so that circus promoter Bill Hogan hires him as "the human adding machine," featuring Elmer's dazzling skill for numbers. Elmer wants to make enough money to open his own dairy farm.
When the circus goes broke, owner Jeff Crane and daughter Kitty travel east with Elmer and Bill to get a fresh start. On the train, Elmer ends up playing cards with bridge champion J. Montgomery Brantley and defeats him. Brantley attests to Elmer's skill, which leads to a nationally broadcast bridge challenge between the two for a prize of $15,000.
A gangster gets involved and offers Elmer money to lose the match. Elmer also gets knocked unconscious on the final day of the match and temporarily loses his mental faculties, but Kitty, who now loves him, restores his powers. She then uses the prize money to buy Elmer a farm.
References
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