Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

• Director: Robert Sinclair
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Main Cast: Ann Sothern, Walter Brennan, William Gargan, Marsha Hunt
• Release Year: 1939
• Country: US
• Run Time: 70 minutes

Plot

This Damon Runyon yarn features William Gargan and Ann Sothern as Brooklynites Joe and Ethel Turp. The Turps are up in arms when their faithful old mailman (Walter Brennan) is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself--not Roosevelt, of course, but MGM's idea of a president, as played by Lewis "Judge Hardy" Stone. Joe Turp gilds the lily by giving the President some Brooklynese advice on how to deal with certain foreign dictators. Joe and Ethel Turp Call on The President is at its best in its flashback sequences, depicting the aged Walter Brennan as a handsome young man (with teeth!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Ann Sothern - Ethel Turp
• Walter Brennan - Jim
• William Gargan - Joe Turp
• Marsha Hunt - Kitty Crusper

Tom Neal - Johnny Crusper; James Bush - Henry Crusper; Don Costello - Fred; Muriel Hutchison - Francine La Vaughn; Jack Norton - Parker; Aldrich Bowker - Mike O'Brien; Frederick Burton - Bishop Bannon; Al Shean - Father Reicher; Robert E. O'Connor - Pat Donegan; Cliff Clark - Garage Owner; Russell Hicks - Mr. Graves; Paul Everton - Senator; Charles Trowbridge - Cabinet Member; Mary Gordon - Mrs. O'Leary; Louis Jean Heydt - Dr. Standish; Lon McCallister; Lewis Stone - The President

Credit

Robert Sinclair - Director, Gene Ruggiero - Editor, Leonard Smith - Cinematographer, Edgar Selwyn - Producer, Melville Baker - Screenwriter, Damon Runyon - Short Story Author