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Wheel of Fortune

Play trailer Wheel of Fortune Released Mar 7, 1941 1h 28m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A country lawyer (John Wayne) courts the daughter (Frances Dee) of a city politician (Edward Ellis) he nabs for corruption.

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Aurelio Pego Cine-Mundial Nothing that happens in this movie is new and being all familiar and proven successful in many previous films, there is no place to deception or disappointments. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 18, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The Duke looking out of place as a hayseed lawyer stomping around the Big Apple looking for a murderer while trying to deal with big-city corruption. Rated: C+ Sep 8, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The Duke looking out of place as a hayseed lawyer stomping around the Big Apple looking for a murderer while trying to deal with big-city corruption. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Not sure if it wants to be a comedy or a thriller at times - but pulls its punches every time. John Wayne looks somewhat out of his depth as a hick lawyer mixing it in big city politics and the corruption intertwined. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member A lot of potential in this crime story is lost in the desire to make this an archetypal studio production. While it does provide some drama, the plot workthrough is slow and convaluted and unecessarily centres around John Wayne's love affair with Frances Dee heading towards an obvious conclusion. As such he looks lost in this film and might as well have not been there given he adds very little presence to it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Outstanding movie John Wayne is my family favorite actor Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A country lawyer (John Wayne) courts the daughter (Frances Dee) of a city politician (Edward Ellis) he nabs for corruption.
Director
John H. Auer
Producer
Armand Schaefer
Screenwriter
Isabel Dawn
Distributor
Republic Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 7, 1941, Original
Runtime
1h 28m