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Best Man Wins is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Sturges released in USA on 6 may 1948 with Edgar Buchanan
Best Man Wins (1948)
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Add to a movie listBest Man Wins is a 1948 film directed by John Sturges, based on a story by Mark Twain.
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The year is 1853 when inveterate gambler Jim Smiley (Edgar Buchanan) returns to his hometown of Dawson's Landing in Missouri after being away for a decade from his wife and son. He brings a jumping frog which he calls Daniel Webster with him, and immediately upon his arrival to the town hotel makes a bet with Sheriff Dingle (Stanley Andrews) and a few others, that the frog can jump when told to do so. He wins the bet and is able to pay for his stay at the hotel with the money.Actors
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)
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