Crystal Shackleford lures two strangers, solicitor Jerome K. Arbutny and charming and erudite drunkard Johnny West to her London flat on Chinese New Year in 1938 because of her belief that if three strangers make the same wish to an idol of Kwan Yin, Chinese goddess of fortune and destiny, the wish will be granted. Since money will make their dreams come true, the three go in on a sweepstakes ticket for the Grand National horse race together and agree that they will not sell the ticket if it is chosen, but will hold on to it until the race is run. Shackleford would use the money to try to win her estranged husband back, Arbutny to smooth the way for his selection to the prestigious Barrister's Club, and Johnny to buy a bar and live in it.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Thriller |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Wolfgang Reinhardt, Jack L. Warner |
Directed By: | Jean Negulesco |
Written By: | John Huston, Howard Koch |
Cast: | Fred Kelsey, Sydney Greenstreet, Joan Lorring, Norman Ainsley, Tom Coleman, Keith Hitchcock, Holmes Herbert, Woody Chambliss, Creighton Hale, Alan Napier, Alec Craig, Leyland Hodgson, Rosalind Ivan, Thomas Martin, Leo White, Connie Leon, Reginald Sheffield, Cyril Delevanti, John Burton, Peter Lorre, Jeffrey Sayre, Benny Burt, Ian Wolfe, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Clifford Brooke, Peter Whitney, Tom Pilkington, Marjorie Riordan, Colin Kenny, Robert Shayne, Doris Lloyd, Arthur Shields, Leslie Denison, Stanley Logan, John Alvin, Eric Wilton |
In Theaters: | Jan 28, 1946 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 32 minutes |
Production: | Warner Bros. |
Budget: | $457,000 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |