Best Man Wins (1948)
Directed by John Sturges

Drama

Film Synopsis

Jim Smiley's proudest achievement is that he owns a frog that can jump further than any other frog. So obsessed does Jim become with his pet amphibian's sporting prowess that he enters it in every jumping frog event that comes away, not realising that this is about to put paid to his marriage...

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Film Credits

Director: John Sturges
Script: Edward Huebsch, Mark Twain (story)
Cinematographer: Vincent J. Farrar
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), Billy Sheffield (Monty Carter), Marietta Canty (Hester), Paul E. Burns (Bartender), Rodney Hildebrand (Dog Handler), George Chesebro (Creditor), Robert B. Churchill (Stranger), Chester Clute (Villager), Earle S. Dewey (Racetrack Judge), Jerry Franks Jr. (Bookmaker), Jack Gargan (Stranger), Thomas E. Jackson (Captain Grayson), Norman Leavitt (Hotel Clerk), Ralph Littlefield (Villager)
Country: USA
Language: English
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 78 min

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