Little Orphan Annie (1938) — Top Movie Database

Production companies : Colonial Pictures Corporation /

December 2, 1938 1h United States of America Drama English More

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Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter. Annie gets the people of the neighborhood to finance his training. But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.

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title：Little Orphan Annie
status：Released
Release date： 1938
Runtime：1h
Genres： Drama ·
Countries of origin： United States of America ·
Original Language： English ·
Director： Ben Holmes /
Writers： Samuel Ornitz · Endre Bohem · Samuel Ornitz · Harold Gray · Budd Schulberg ·
Production companies： Colonial Pictures Corporation ·
Overview：Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter. Annie gets the people of the neighborhood to finance his training. But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.