Drama · United States of America · 1948 · 1h 18m

Best Man Wins

Director

Cast

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

Crew

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

Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

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

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