Little Orphan Annie
Little Orphan Annie
1938, English. Directed by Ben Holmes.
Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter. Annie gets the people of the neighborhood to finance his training. But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Ben HolmesDirector
- Ann GillisAnnie
- Robert KentJohnny Adams
- June TravisMary Ellen
- J. Farrell MacDonald'Pop' Corrigan
- J.M. KerriganTom Jennings
- Margaret ArmstrongMrs. Jennings
- Sarah PaddenMrs. Nora Moriarty
- James BurkeMike Moriarty
- Ian MaclarenSoo Long
- Dorothy VaughanMrs. Milligan
- Ben WeldenSpot McGee
- Charles ColemanThe Butler
Details
- Released
- 2 December 1938
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Samuel Ornitz, Endre Bohem, Budd Schulberg
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Little Orphan Annie runs 60 minutes (1h 0m).
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Little Orphan Annie isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 December 1938. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Little Orphan Annie?
Little Orphan Annie (1938) was directed by Ben Holmes and stars Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis.