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It's a Joke, Son!
“The Funniest Man of the Year in the Happiest Hit in Years!”
66%
Movie
1h 3m
AI Analysis
It's a Joke, Son! (1947) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of It's a Joke, Son! (1947) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine. Claghorn is in to siphon votes and ensure his wife's opponent will win and is ex… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~63 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate It's a Joke, Son! 66% (9 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 9 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine. Claghorn is in to siphon votes and ensure his wife's opponent will win and is expected to run a campaign that will defeat himself and his wife. But, he runs to win and the machine's henchies abduct him.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1947-01-15
- Runtime
- 1h 3m
- TMDB rating
- 6.6
- TMDB ID
- 138197
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Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat th... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Cast

Kenny Delmar
Senator Beauregard Claghorn

Una Merkel
Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn

June Lockhart
Mary Lou Claghorn
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Kenneth Farrell
Jefferson 'Jeff' Davis

Douglass Dumbrille
Big Dan Healey

Jimmy Conlin
Senator Alexander P. Leeds

Matt Willis
Ace

Ralph Sanford
Knifey
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Daisy
Daisy

Vera Lewis
Hortense Dimwitty

Margaret McWade
Jennifer Whipple

Ida Moore
Matilda Whipple

Byron Foulger
Groceryman

John Dehner
Reporter (uncredited)
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Robert Dobson
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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