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Money on Your Life

  • 1938
  • 18m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
38
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Money on Your Life (1938)
ComedyShort

A man runs into a building after 2 men are trying to kill him. He happens to run into the office of an insurance man, whose boss told him if he messes up again, he's fired. The insurance age... Read allA man runs into a building after 2 men are trying to kill him. He happens to run into the office of an insurance man, whose boss told him if he messes up again, he's fired. The insurance agent, unaware of his dilemma, talks him into signing a policy. When he finds out someone wan... Read allA man runs into a building after 2 men are trying to kill him. He happens to run into the office of an insurance man, whose boss told him if he messes up again, he's fired. The insurance agent, unaware of his dilemma, talks him into signing a policy. When he finds out someone wants him dead, he has to do everything to keep him alive.

  • Director
    • William Watson
  • Writers
    • Mort R. Lewis
    • T. McKnight
  • Stars
    • Charles Kemper
    • Danny Kaye
    • Harry Gribbon
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    38
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • William Watson
    • Writers
      • Mort R. Lewis
      • T. McKnight
    • Stars
      • Charles Kemper
      • Danny Kaye
      • Harry Gribbon
    • 2User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Charles Kemper
    Charles Kemper
    • Charlie Kemp
    Danny Kaye
    Danny Kaye
    • Nikolai Nikolayevich
    Harry Gribbon
    Harry Gribbon
    • The Window Cleaner
    Sally Starr
    Sally Starr
    • Alice - Charlie's Fiancée
    Al Ochs
    Jack Shutta
    • Assassin
    Eddie Hall
    • Assassin
    • Director
      • William Watson
    • Writers
      • Mort R. Lewis
      • T. McKnight
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    • Trivia
      Danny Kaye initiates his lobby number in this film which he later expanded and used in Up in Arms (1944) and The Man from the Diners' Club (1963).
    • Goofs
      When Nikolai falls out of the back of the ambulance, his hat falls to ground next to the stretcher and Charlie steps over it. As Charlie yells to the ambulance driver the hat suddenly appears back on the stretcher.
    • Quotes
      • Charlie Kemp: You have no idea how much money you'd get if you broke both arms, both legs, 15 ribs, drowned and suffocated.
      • Nikolai Nikolayevich: I couldn't be that lucky.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Sound of Laughter (1963)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • May 13, 1938 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Educational Films Corporation of America
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 18m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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