Million Dollar Baby

"Bursting with gaiety! Bubbling with youth! Brimming with happiness!"

May 31 1941 Approved 1h 40m
Comedy, Romance

A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.

Plot

An older woman discovers that her multi-million dollar fortune was based on embezzlement, so she sets out to right the wrong. She goes to America to meet the young woman who is the one and only heir to the embezzled man years before. She works in a department store, in love with a struggling pianist. When the handsome young attorney tries to give the young woman a check for a million dollars, the heiress doesn't believe it. On the sly, the older woman befriends the younger woman.

Written by

Casey Robinson, Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald

Directed by

Curtis Bernhardt

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
564
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA