Meet the Chump

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Meet the Chump
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Directed by Edward F. Cline
Screenplay by Alex Gottlieb
Story by Hal Hudson
Otis Garrett
Produced byKen Goldsmith
Starring Hugh Herbert
Jeanne Kelly
Jean Brooks
Anne Nagel
Cinematography Elwood Bredell
Edited by Milton Carruth
Music by Hans J. Salter
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • February 14, 1941 (1941-02-14)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Meet the Chump is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Hugh Herbert, Jean Brooks and Anne Nagel. [1] [2] It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.

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Plot

A man desperately attempts to avoid giving up the ten million dollar trust that he's been administering so well that there's barely any money left.

Cast

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References

  1. T.S. (February 27, 1941). "Meet the Chump (1941) At the Palace". The New York Times .
  2. Fetrow p.303

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