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| Director: | Richard Whorf | 
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| Writer: | Frederick Brady, Hans Jacoby | 
| Staring: | 
| When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down. As revenge, Bottomley enters a TV quiz show that Waters' company sponsors, with the goal of winning until he bankrupts the businessman. When Bottomley keeps acing the questions, becoming a media sensation, Waters desperately calls on vixen Flame O'Neal to uncover Bottomley's area of weakness. | |
| Release Date: | May 11, 1950 | 
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| Director: | Richard Whorf | 
| Writer: | Frederick Brady, Hans Jacoby | 
| Genres: | Comedy | 
| Keywords | parrot, encyclopedia, quiz, physicist, revenge, los angeles, california | 
| Production Companies | Cardinal Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Ronald Colman | Beauregard Bottomley | 
| Celeste Holm | Flame O'Neill | 
| Vincent Price | Burnbridge Waters | 
| Barbara Britton | Gwenn Bottomley | 
| Art Linkletter | Happy Hogan | 
| Gabriel Heatter | Announcer | 
| George Fisher | Announcer | 
| Byron Foulger | Gerald | 
| Ellye Marshall | Frosty | 
| Vici Raaf | Waters' Secretary | 
| John Eldredge | Executive No. 1 | 
| Lyle Talbot | Executive No. 2 | 
| George Leigh | Executive No. 3 | 
| John Hart | Executive No. 4 | 
| Mel Blanc | Caesar (voice) | 
| Peter Brocco | Fortune Teller | 
| Brian O'Hara | Buck (T Man) | 
| Jack Daly | Scratch (T Man) | 
| Gordon Nelson | Lecturer | 
| Herbert Lytton | Chuck Johnson | 
| George Meader | Mr. Brown | 
| Robert Clarke | Actor in Movie at Drive-In | 
| James Conaty | Backstage Extra at Hollywood Bowl | 
| Sayre Dearing | Audience Extra | 
| Douglas Evans | Radio Announcer | 
| Bess Flowers | Backstage Woman at Hollywood Bowl | 
| Jack George | Milady Soap Executive | 
| Lee Phelps | Neighbor | 
| Rose Plumer | Little Bo-Peep | 
| Larry Steers | Television Viewer | 
| Albert Einstein | Himself | 
| Jean Spangler | TV Studio Audience Member | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Richard Whorf | Director | 
| Dimitri Tiomkin | Music Director, Original Music Composer | 
| Frederick Brady | Screenplay, Story | 
| Hugh Bennett | Editor | 
| Herbert Taylor | Orchestrator | 
| George Parrish | Orchestrator | 
| Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator | 
| Hugh McDowell Jr. | Sound Recordist | 
| Mac Dalgleish | Sound Recordist | 
| Ralph Slosser | Assistant Director | 
| Leon Chooluck | Assistant Director | 
| Scotty Rackin | Hairstylist | 
| Ted Larsen | Makeup Artist | 
| William Knight | Makeup Artist | 
| Maria P. Donovan | Costume Designer | 
| Jacques Mapes | Set Decoration | 
| George Van Marter | Art Direction | 
| Paul Ivano | Director of Photography | 
| Hans Jacoby | Screenplay, Story | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Harry M. Popkin | Executive Producer | 
| Joseph H. Nadel | Associate Producer | 
| George Moskov | Producer | 
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