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Brewster's Millions (1945)

Brewster's Millions poster
Directed by
Allan Dwan
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 19m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A returning soldier learns he must spend a huge fortune quickly to inherit an even larger one. He tries every scheme he can think of to get rid of the money.

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What happens

Brewster's Millions is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Helen Walker and June Havoc. It is one of many film adaptations of the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon and the subsequent smash-hit play adaptation by Byron Ongley and Winchell Smith. In the novel, Brewster is a stockbroker; in this version, he is portrayed as a returning soldier. Louis Forbes was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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