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Cash McCall (1960)

Cash McCall poster
Directed by
Joseph Pevney
Genre
romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy businessman buys failing companies to fix and resell them. His latest deal gets complicated when he becomes attracted to the daughter of the company's owner.

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What happens

Cash McCall is a 1960 American romantic drama film in Technicolor from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Henry Blanke, directed by Joseph Pevney, and starring James Garner and Natalie Wood. The film's screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee and Marion Hargrove is based upon the novel of the same name by Cameron Hawley. The film's storyline concerns a wealthy entrepreneur who buys moribund businesses in order to first refurbish and then sell them at a considerable profit. During his latest acquisition, he's attracted to the daughter of the company's owner, which complicates both his professional and private life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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