| The Golden Fleecing | |
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| Directed by | Leslie Fenton |
| Screenplay by | S. J. Perelman Laura Perelman Marion Parsonnet |
| Story by | Lynn Root John Fante Frank Fenton |
| Produced by | Edgar Selwyn |
| Starring | Lew Ayres Rita Johnson Lloyd Nolan Virginia Grey Leon Errol Nat Pendleton |
| Cinematography | Leonard Smith |
| Edited by | Conrad A. Nervig |
| Music by | David Snell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Golden Fleecing is a 1940 Americancomedy film directed byLeslie Fenton and written byS. J. Perelman, Laura Perelman andMarion Parsonnet. The film starsLew Ayres,Rita Johnson,Lloyd Nolan,Virginia Grey,Leon Errol andNat Pendleton. The film was released on August 16, 1940, byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1][2]
Mary Blake insists that mild-mannered insurance salesman Henry Twinkle demand a raise if they intend to get married. Henry earns praise and a raise from his boss when he sells a valuable policy to a man named Gus Fender.
Fender turns out to be a gangster with a huge reward for anyone who brings him in, dead or alive. Henry's furious boss orders him to personally assure Fender does not end up dead. Fender and his moll, Lila Hanley, however, dupe Henry into a scheme in which they will end up with the reward money themselves. Henry foolishly tries to pay them with a check.
Mary, who quit her job after Henry's raise, bemoans his acceptance of a worthless stock and even sues him to get back money she feels she's got coming. The stock ends up valuable after all and Henry ends up with $150,000 in hand. He naively gives Fender a fistful of cash, which then accidentally gets burned into ashes.
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