Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

"Damon Runyan's Gay American Story!"

1939

1h 10m

2.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.

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57 members

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Ann Sothern

Ethel Turp

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William Gargan

Joe Turp

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Lewis Stone

The President

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Walter Brennan

Jim

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Marsha Hunt

Kitty Crusper

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Tom Neal

Johnny Crusper

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James Bush

Henry Crusper

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Don Costello

Fred

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Muriel Hutchison

Francine La Vaughn / Jennie

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Jack Norton

Parker

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Aldrich Bowker

Mike O'Brien

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Frederick Burton

Bishop Bannon

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Al Shean

Father Reicher

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E. Alyn Warren

Father Reilly

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Robert Emmett O'Connor

Pat Donegan

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Russell Hicks

Mr. Graves

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Cliff Clark

Garage Owner

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Paul Everton

Senator

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Charles Trowbridge

Cabinet Member

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Edward LeSaint

Bishop

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Walter Kohner

Adolf Hitler (Voice)

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Patsy Allen

Ethel as a Child

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Tommy Baker

Joe as a Child

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Tommy Bupp

Tommy Perkins

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Stanley Andrews

George, Policeman

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James Flavin

Policeman

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Lee Phelps

Policeman

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Jack Mulhall

Policeman

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Hal K. Dawson

Bill

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Betty Farrington

Mrs. Smith

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Frank O'Connor

Mr. Smith

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Mary Gordon

Mrs. O'Leary

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Larry Harris

Tim

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Louis Jean Heydt

Dr. Standish

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Ann Teeman

Mrs. Standish

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Forbes Murray

Dr. Walton

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George Rosener

Mr. Belknap

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David Holt

Fred

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Lon McCallister

Johnny

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Barbara Bedford

Neighbor

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Verna Felton

Neighbor

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Dixie Dean

Neighbor

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Edward McWade

Neighbor

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Harry Semels

Neighbor

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Claire McDowell

Gossiper

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Jessie Arnold

Gossiper

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Margaret Bert

Gossiper

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Bess Flowers

Baseball Fan

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Frank McLure

Baseball Fan

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Larry Steers

Man in the White House

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Bert Moorhouse

Man in the White House

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Roger McGee

Boy

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Johnny Walsh

Boy

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Abner Biberman

Attendee at Dance

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Ben Taggart

Postal Inspector

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Lee Prather

Inspector

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Boyd Gilbert

Interpreter

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