Little Orphan Annie (1938)

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Country: USA
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Release: 1938-12-02
Director: Ben Holmes
Writers: Budd Schulberg , Samuel Ornitz , Endre Bohem , Harold Gray
Language: English
Stars: Ann Gillis , Robert Kent , June Travis , J. Farrell MacDonald (1875–1952) , J.M. Kerrigan , Margaret Armstrong , Sarah Padden , James Burke , Ian Maclaren , Dorothy Vaughan
Runtime: 60 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Little Orphan Annie (United States of America) , Annika gör slag i saken (Sweden) , Aventuras de Lili (Brazil) , Little Orphan Annie (United Kingdom) , Little Orphan Annie
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0030375