Five of a Kind (1938)
- Directed by
- Herbert I. Leeds
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 4.8 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A male and a female radio journalist compete to get stories about a famous set of quintuplets. Their professional rivalry keeps escalating as they try to outdo each other.
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What happens
Five of a Kind is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and written by Lou Breslow and John Patrick. The film stars the Dionne quintuplets, Jean Hersholt, Claire Trevor and Cesar Romero. The film was released on October 14, 1938, by 20th Century Fox. The film follows the escalating rivalry between radio journalists Duke Lester (Romero) and Christine Nelson (Trevor) that culminates in a competition to cover the exploits of the famous Canadian quintuplets, the Wyatts, played by The Dionne Quintuplets. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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