Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Damon Runyan's Gay American Story!
1939 | 70m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Robert B. Sinclair |
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| Writer: | Melville Baker, Damon Runyon |
| Staring: |
| Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 01, 1939 |
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| Director: | Robert B. Sinclair |
| Writer: | Melville Baker, Damon Runyon |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | usa president, mailman, plea |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2025 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ann Sothern | Ethel Turp |
| William Gargan | Joe Turp |
| Lewis Stone | The President |
| Walter Brennan | Jim |
| Marsha Hunt | Kitty Crusper |
| Tom Neal | Johnny Crusper |
| James Bush | Henry Crusper |
| Don Costello | Fred |
| Muriel Hutchison | Francine La Vaughn / Jennie |
| Jack Norton | Parker |
| Aldrich Bowker | Mike O'Brien |
| Frederick Burton | Bishop Bannon |
| Al Shean | Father Reicher |
| E. Alyn Warren | Father Reilly |
| Robert Emmett O'Connor | Pat Donegan |
| Russell Hicks | Mr. Graves |
| Cliff Clark | Garage Owner |
| Paul Everton | Senator |
| Charles Trowbridge | Cabinet Member |
| Edward LeSaint | Bishop |
| Walter Kohner | Adolf Hitler (Voice) |
| Patsy Allen | Ethel as a Child |
| Tommy Baker | Joe as a Child |
| Tommy Bupp | Tommy Perkins |
| Stanley Andrews | George, Policeman |
| James Flavin | Policeman |
| Lee Phelps | Policeman |
| Jack Mulhall | Policeman |
| Hal K. Dawson | Bill |
| Betty Farrington | Mrs. Smith |
| Frank O'Connor | Mr. Smith |
| Mary Gordon | Mrs. O'Leary |
| Larry Harris | Tim |
| Louis Jean Heydt | Dr. Standish |
| Ann Teeman | Mrs. Standish |
| Forbes Murray | Dr. Walton |
| George Rosener | Mr. Belknap |
| David Holt | Fred |
| Lon McCallister | Johnny |
| Barbara Bedford | Neighbor |
| Verna Felton | Neighbor |
| Dixie Dean | Neighbor |
| Edward McWade | Neighbor |
| Harry Semels | Neighbor |
| Claire McDowell | Gossiper |
| Jessie Arnold | Gossiper |
| Margaret Bert | Gossiper |
| Bess Flowers | Baseball Fan |
| Frank McLure | Baseball Fan |
| Larry Steers | Man in the White House |
| Bert Moorhouse | Man in the White House |
| Roger McGee | Boy |
| Johnny Walsh | Boy |
| Abner Biberman | Attendee at Dance |
| Ben Taggart | Postal Inspector |
| Lee Prather | Inspector |
| Boyd Gilbert | Interpreter |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Melville Baker | Writer |
| Leonard Smith | Director of Photography |
| Gene Ruggiero | Editor |
| Albert Scheving | Assistant Director |
| Gilbert Kurland | Assistant Director |
| Gabriel Scognamillo | Assistant Art Director |
| Robert B. Sinclair | Director |
| Edward Ward | Original Music Composer |
| Wally Heglin | Orchestrator |
| Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Damon Runyon | Story |
| David Snell | Original Music Composer |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Edgar Selwyn | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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