The Winning Ticket (1935)
Popularity1/5
Trending1.5/5
12-month trend
12-month trend
Monthly article views
Sep100Oct98Nov83Dec67Jan72Feb53Mar60Apr76May94Jun72Jul63Aug103
2025-09 to 2026-08
Directors
Charles Reisner
Cast
Akim Tamiroff, Clara Blandick, Clarence Wilson, Don Brodie, Donald Haines, Irene Hervey, James Ellison, Lee Phelps, Leo Carrillo, Louise Fazenda, Luis Alberni, Purnell Pratt, Sam Flint, Sidney Bracey, Ted Healy
The story
Poor Italian-American barber Joe Thomasello purchases a sweepstakes ticket at the urging of his brother-in-law Eddie Dugan. Joe's wife Nora is against gambling. The ticket turns out to be a $150,000 first prize winner.
Genres
comedy film
Film metadata comes from the open sources listed in Credits & Contact. Catalogue details may be incomplete.
Your lists
Loading your lists…
Movie themes
Stories and ideas
Time travel 236Space 248Heists 704Spies 868Time loops 40Dreams 189Artificial intelligence 96Aliens 402Robots 63After the apocalypse 431Revenge 270Survival 198Conspiracies 223Missing persons 43Road trips 6Courtroom 164Prison 510Friendship 773Family relationships 3,979Identity 481
Genres and styles
Science fiction 4,367Horror 8,213Comedy 19,326Drama 30,786Romance 9,639Action 9,279Adventure 7,234Thrillers 11,128Mysteries 3,777Crime 8,420Fantasy 3,690Animation 2,002Documentaries 8,596Musicals 4,133Music 4,133War 2,832Westerns 3,226Biography 3,019Historical 890Sport 1,150Silent films 3,359LGBTQ-related 2,187Teen 1,531Adult 1,020Independent 800Coming of age 1,388Monsters 1,076Slashers 1,085Erotic 818Buddy films 735Zombies 611Splatter 368Vampires 448Ghosts 538Parodies 1,080Superheroes 566Disasters 446Dystopian 421