Little Orphan Annie
Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
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.
Run Time
1h 0m
Genre
Drama
Release Date
02 Dec 1938
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
Ann GillisAnnie
Robert KentJohnny Adams
June TravisMary Ellen
J. Farrell MacDonald'Pop' Corrigan
J.M. KerriganTom Jennings
Margaret ArmstrongMrs. Jennings
Sarah PaddenMrs. Nora Moriarty
James BurkeMike Moriarty
Soo Long
Dorothy VaughanMrs. Milligan
Ben WeldenSpot McGee
Charles ColemanThe Butler
Colonial Pictures Corporation

Harold Gray
Budd Schulberg