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Wheel of Fortune

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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 09/18/2019
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] Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 09/08/2005
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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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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04/04/2013 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. See more 04/25/2009 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. See more 04/22/2009 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. See more 03/11/2009 Outstanding movie John Wayne is my family favorite actor See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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John H. Auer

Director

John Wayne

Lynn Hollister

Frances Dee

Sabra Cameron

Edward Ellis

Tom Cameron

Wallace Ford

Casey

Ward Bond

Floyd
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Movie Info

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