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Director
  
Leslie Fenton

Music director
  
David Snell

Country
  
United States

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Crime

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
August 16, 1940 (1940-08-16)

Writer
  
S.J. Perelman (screen play), Laura Perelman (screen play), Marion Parsonnet (screen play), Lynn Root (based upon an original story by), John Fante (based upon an original story by), Frank Fenton (based upon an original story by)

Screenplay
  
S. J. Perelman, Marion Parsonnet, Laura Perelman

Cast
  
Lew Ayres
(Henry Twinkle),
Rita Johnson
(Mary Blake),
Lloyd Nolan
(Gus Fender),
Virginia Grey
(Lila Hanley),
Leon Errol
(Uncle Waldo Burke),
Nat Pendleton
('Fatso' Werner)

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There's Something About Mary
,
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,
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,
Arsenic and Old Lace
,
The Awful Truth
,
Bringing Up Baby

Tagline
  
One Kiss TURNED HIM FROM A MOUSE INTO A RAGING LION!

The Golden Fleecing is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Leslie Fenton and written by S. J. Perelman, Laura Perelman and Marion Parsonnet. The film stars Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson, Lloyd Nolan, Virginia Grey, Leon Errol and Nat Pendleton. The film was released on August 16, 1940, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Mark Blake insists that mild-mannered insurance salesman Henry Twinkle demand a raise if they intend to get married. Henry earns praise and a raise from his boss when he sells a valuable policy to a man named Gus Fender.

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Fender turns out to be a gangster with a huge reward for anyone who brings him in, dead or alive. Henry's furious boss orders him to personally assure Fender doesn't end up dead. Fender and his moll, Lila Hanley, however, dupe Henry into a scheme in which they'll end up with the reward money themselves. Henry foolishly tries to pay them with a check.

Mary, who quit her job after Henry's raise, bemoans his acceptance of a worthless stock and even sues him to get back money she feels she's got coming. The stock ends up valuable after all and Henry ends up with $150,000 in hand. He naively gives Fender a fistful of cash, which then accidentally gets burned into ashes.

Cast

  • Lew Ayres as Henry Twinkle
  • Rita Johnson as Mary Blake
  • Lloyd Nolan as Gus Fender
  • Virginia Grey as Lila Hanley
  • Leon Errol as Uncle Waldo Burke
  • Nat Pendleton as 'Fatso' Werner
  • George Lessey as Buckley Sloan
  • Richard Carle as Pattington
  • Ralph Byrd as Larry Kelly
  • Marc Lawrence as 'Happy' Dugan
  • Thurston Hall as Charles Engel
  • James Burke as Sibley
  • Spencer Charters as Justice of Peace
  • William Demarest as Swallow
  • References

    The Golden Fleecing (film) Wikipedia
    The Golden Fleecing (film) IMDb The Golden Fleecing (film) themoviedb.org