Brewster's Millions (1945)

It's a HOWLUVA Lot of Fun!

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 19M

Director : Allan Dwan
Writer : Sig Herzig, Charles Rodgers, Wilkie C. Mahoney

Synopsis

Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.

Actors

Dennis O'Keefe

Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster

Helen Walker

Peggy Gray

June Havoc

Trixie Summers

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Jackson

Barbara Drew

Mikhail Mikhailovich

Mrs. Gray

Swearengen Jones

Hacky Smith

Mr. Grant

Nopper Harrison

Colonel Drew

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Attorney Lyons (uncredited)

Crews

Allan Dwan

Director

George Barr McCutcheon

Novel

Theatre Play

Theatre Play

Screenplay

Screenplay

Screenplay

Producer

Original Music Composer

Charles Lawton Jr.

Director of Photography

Editor

Art Direction

Set Decoration

Costume Design

Sound

Posters and backgrounds

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