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Director
  
Herbert Glazer

Film series
  
Our Gang

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Family, Short

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Unexpected Riches movie poster
Writer
  
Hal Law
,
Robert A. McGowan

Release date
  
November 28, 1942 (1942-11-28)

Genres
  
Short Film, Comedy, Family film, Black-and-white

Cast
  
George McFarland
,
Billie Thomas
,
Robert Blake
(Mickey),
Billy Laughlin
,
Ernestine Wade
(Bit in Buckwheats dream)

Similar movies
  
Unexpected Riches and Benjamin Franklin - Jr are part of the same movie series

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Unexpected Riches is a 1942 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Herbert Glazer. It was the 211th Our Gang short (211th episode, 122nd talking short, 123rd talking episode, and 42nd MGM produced episode).

Contents

Buckwheat unexpected riches


Plot

Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the gang receives a fortune card predicting that they will receive "unexpected riches." Acting upon this, the kids decide to dig for buried treasure, using a fradulent map provided by one of their wise-guy acquaintances. Though the treasure hunt comes a-cropper, the fortune card's prediction comes true in an unexpected fashion.

The Gang

  • Bobby Blake as Mickey
  • Billy Laughlin as Froggy
  • George McFarland as Spanky
  • Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
  • Additional cast

  • Barry Downing as Ken Reed
  • Emmet Vogan as Mr. Reed
  • Ernie Alexander as Mickey's father
  • Margaret Bert as Mickey's mother
  • Willa Pearl Curtis as Big Shot's mother
  • Symona Boniface as Person in Froggy's dream
  • Stanley Logan as Person in Froggy's dream
  • Ernestine Wade as Person in Buckwheat's dream
  • References

    Unexpected Riches Wikipedia
    Unexpected Riches IMDb