Little Orphan Annie

Overview

Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter. Annie gets the people of the neighborhood to finance his training. But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 2, 1938

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Colonial Pictures Corporation

Cast

J.M. Kerrigan,Ben Welden,Ian Maclaren,Eddie Gribbon,Harry Tyler,J. Farrell MacDonald,Charles Coleman,Dorothy Vaughan,Ann Gillis,Robert Kentand 5 more

Director

Ben Holmes

Writer

Harold Gray,Budd Schulberg,Samuel Ornitz,Endre Bohem

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0030375