''Jackass Mail'' is a 1942
Western
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comedy
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film directed by
Norman Z. McLeod and starring
Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' (1 ...
and
Marjorie Main
Mary Tomlinson (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975), professionally known as Marjorie Main, was an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood period, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s and 1 ...
.
Plot
Cast
Reception
According to MGM records the film earned $1,013,000 in the US and Canada and $292,000 elsewhere, making the studio a profit of $230,000.
See also
The other six Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main films:
* ''
Wyoming
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'' (1940)
* ''
Barnacle Bill'' (1941)
* ''
The Bugle Sounds'' (1942)
* ''
Rationing
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'' (1944)
* ''
Bad Bascomb'' (1946)
* ''
Big Jack'' (1949)
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1942 films
American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
Films directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
1942 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
1940s American films
English-language Western (genre) films
Films scored by David L. Snell
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