Jinx Money

Jinx Money

Jinx Money

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Jinx Money

"They're Loaded With Dough...And Ready To Go!...and He's Gone!"

1948

1h 8m

5.6(5 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey

Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones

Betty Caldwell

Betty Caldwell

Candy McGill

Sheldon Leonard

Sheldon Leonard

Lippy Harris

John Eldredge

John Eldredge

Lullaby Kane

Bernard Gorcey

Bernard Gorcey

Louie

William Benedict

William Benedict

Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

David Gorcey

David Gorcey

Chuck

Benny Bartlett

Benny Bartlett

Butch

Gabriel Dell

Gabriel Dell

Gabe

Creative team

Directed by: William Beaudine
Written by: Edmond Seward
Gerald Schnitzer
Produced by: Jan Grippo

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