Das große Los

Originaltitel: Christmas in July

1940
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1 Std. 7 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,3/10

4500

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Ellen Drew, Dick Powell, and June Preston in Das große Los (1940)

When the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered?

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,3/10

4500

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
Sturges helped invent the gadget sofa demonstrated in the department store scene.

Zitate
Jimmy MacDonald: If you can't sleep, it isn't the coffee. It's the bunk.

Alternative Versionen
There is an Italian edition of this film, as Bonus Extra, on DVD "ORE X: COLPO SENSAZIONALE", re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Verbindungen
Featured in Telefon Terror (1988)

Soundtracks
When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade)
(1931)
Words & Music by Will Jason and Val Burton
Used as background music behind Dick Powell and Ellen Drew in rooftop scene, and later throughout the film.

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Enjoyable Sturges flick...

This may be my favorite Preston Sturges film. It's as well written and well crafted as anything he made after it. Sturges had a knack for creating unique characters and throwing them into even more unique situations.

Jimmy MacDonald is absolutely determined to make money the easy way; by winning a contest. A few of his coworkers, aware of his desperation to win an upcoming contest, decide to send him a telegram in order to make him believe he's won the recent contest, along with the enormous cash reward. What begins as a cruel little joke (to find out how Jimmy would react to winning) becomes something much bigger. It wouldn't make sense for me to explain the plot any further; much of the enjoyment in watching the film comes from how it unpredictably unfolds.

"Christmas in July" is rather unusual in comparison to some of Sturges other movies, namely his two most famous films, "The Lady Eve" and "The Palm Beach Story". It contains more pathos and less sexual innuendos, but it never becomes cheap, manipulative melodrama. It's also quite short in comparison to his other movies, but it's all the better for it.