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Dollar Daddy (1956)
Directed by Viktor Gertler
Overview
A heavily indebted schoolteacher raising two marriageable daughters is buoyed by rumors that his long-lost uncle in America is a millionaire, until the uncle’s unexpected arrival in poverty sparks a rush of creditors, patrons and fortune-seekers. Ambitious lawyer Jenő Szekeres orchestrates the deception so that the family, the town and himself profit from the false fortune, and even when the truth comes out, everyone, including Szekeres, now eyeing a political career, chooses to uphold the lie.
Length 92 minutes
Actors
Darvas Iván | János Rajz | Imre Ráday | Erzsi Somogyi | Tivadar Uray | Lajos Mányai | Julia Horvath | Rozi Gaál | Tivadar Horváth | Sándor Peti | Sándor Tompa | László Kabos | Bánhidi László | Ervin Kibédi | István Egri | Alfonzó | Nusi Somogyi | László Misoga | András Tassy | Márta Fónay | Andor Balajthy | Tibor Benedek | László Földényi | Imre Halmay | Jenö Herczeg | László Hlatky | László Kazal | Kálmán Koletár | Vilmos Komlós | Lenke Lorán | József Timár | János Makláry | Máriáss József | Imre Pongrácz | János Pásztor | Imre Solymosi | Ernö Szabó | József Szendrő | László Ujlaky | Viktória Ujváry | Ilus Vay | Tibor Bodor | László Egri | Árpád Gyenge | Gyula Horváth | Rudolf Romhányi | Tóni Torma