Best Man Wins

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Best Man Wins (1948)

Directed by John Sturges

“Based on The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras, by Mark Twain.”

Drama · 1h 18m

Jim Smiley has a frog that can jump further than anyone else's frog, and Jim becomes obsessed with entering the frog in all of the local jumping-frog contests, not realizing that his obsession is about to cost him his marriage.

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Cast

Edgar Buchanan Jim Smiley Anna Lee Nancy Smiley Robert Shayne Judge Leonidas K. Carter Gary Gray Bob Smiley Hobart Cavanaugh Amos Stanley Andrews Sheriff Dingle George Lynn Mr. Crow

Crew

Director
John Sturges
Writer
Edward Huebsch
Novel
Mark Twain
Director of Photography
Vincent J. Farrar
Editor
James Sweeney
Producer
Ted Richmond

Details

Release date
1948-05-06
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Columbia Pictures