Best Man Wins

John Sturges
1948-05-06

Based on The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras, by Mark Twain.
7
78 min

Jim Smiley has a frog that can jump further than anyone else's frog, and Jim becomes obsessed with entering the frog in all of the local jumping-frog contests, not realizing that his obsession is about to cost him his marriage.

Cast

Name Character Team
Edgar Buchanan Jim Smiley Unowned
Anna Lee Nancy Smiley Unowned
Robert Shayne Judge Leonidas K. Carter Unowned
Gary Gray Bob Smiley Unowned
Hobart Cavanaugh Amos Unowned
Stanley Andrews Sheriff Dingle Unowned
George Lynn Mr. Crow Unowned