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Release Date:
December 2, 1938
Original Title:
Little Orphan Annie
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Colonial Pictures Corporation
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 60
Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter. Annie gets the people of the neighborhood to finance his training. But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.
Characters:
Harold Gray
Director:
Ben Holmes
Screenplay:
Budd Schulberg
Samuel Ornitz
Story:
Samuel Ornitz
Endre Bohem
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