$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)
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This film should have been a press agent's dream: Hollywood's two greatest "big mouths," Joe E. Brown and Martha Raye, together in the same picture. Brown and Raye play a show business couple who inherit a near-bankrupt college. They decide to build up the school's scraggly football team in hopes of improving alumni funding; somewhere along the line it is agreed to grant one thousand dollars for every touchdown scored, hence the title. Slapstick opportunities abound, and with the two stars at the helm, the film should have been far funnier than it is. But thanks to uninspired direction and a threadbare budget, $1000 a Touchdown was a disappointment for fans of both Martha Raye and Joe E. Brown. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye, (more)
- Director(s):
- James Hogan
Synopsis of $1,000 a Touchdown
This film should have been a press agent's dream: Hollywood's two greatest "big mouths," Joe E. Brown and Martha Raye, together in the same picture. Brown and Raye play a show business couple who inherit a near-bankrupt college. They decide to build up the school's scraggly football team in hopes of improving alumni funding; somewhere along the line it is agreed to grant one thousand dollars for every touchdown scored, hence the title. Slapstick opportunities abound, and with the two stars at the helm, the film should have been far funnier than it is. But thanks to uninspired direction and a threadbare budget, $1000 a Touchdown was a disappointment for fans of both Martha Raye and Joe E. Brown. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of $1,000 a Touchdown
- Joe E. Brown - Marlowe Mansfield Booth
- Eric Blore - Henry
- John Hartley - Bill Anders
- Joyce Mathews - Lorelei
- Tom Dugan - Popcorn Vendor
- Gertrude Astor - McGlen's Sons' Wife
- Fritzi Brunette
- Constantine Romanoff - Duke
- Jack Perrin - McGlen's 1st Son
- Adrian Morris - Two-Ton Terry
- Charles B. Middleton - Stage Manager
- Harry Templeton - Hank
- Dorothy Dayton - Gen
- Paula DeCardo - Dora
- Phil Dunham - McGlen's 2nd Son
- John Hart - Buck
- Jane Webb - Billie
- Emmett Vogan - Coach
- Josef Swickard - Hamilton McGlen, Sr.
- Jimmy Conlin - Sheriff
- Dot Farley - Hysterical Woman
- Grace Goodall - Nurse
- Martha Raye - Martha Madison
- Susan Hayward - Betty McGlen
- Sid Saylor - Bangs
- George McKay - Mr. Fishbeck
- Matt McHugh - Brick Benson
- Linda Brent - Bertie
- Hugh Sothern - King Richard
- Dewey Robinson - Cab Driver
- Johnnie Morris - Newsboy
- Bob Milasch - Tramp
- Wanda McKay - Babe
- Judith King - Honey
- Patsy Mace - Ginger
- George Barton - Truck Driver
- Jack Shea - Dimples
- Wayne "Tiny" Whitt - Big Boy
- Cheryl Walker - Blondie
- Frank M. Thomas - Dr. Black
- Jack Chapin - Red
- D'Arcy Corrigan - Cecil
- Edward Gargan - Ironmansky
- William Haade - Guard
- Director(s):
- James Hogan
- Writer(s):
- Delmer Daves
- Producer(s):
- William C. Thomas
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