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see also Quick Millions (1931 film)
Quick Millions is a 1939 American comedy film, one of the series of seventeen Jones Family films beginning with Every Saturday Night (1936) and ending with On Their Own (1940). Spring Byington appeared in all seventeen; Jed Prouty in all but the last one.
In this entry the Joneses are convinced they've bought the Grand Canyon. This is one of the two Jones Family films with gags and a story line provided by Buster Keaton, briefly moonlighting from MGM for his old friend Malcolm St. Clair.
Original Release
08/25/1939
US Release
08/25/1939
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jed Prouty | John Jones |
| Spring Byington | Mrs. John Jones |
| Kenneth Howell | Jack Jones (as Ken Howell) / Jack Jones |
| George Ernest | Roger Jones |
| June Carlson | Lucy Jones |
| Florence Roberts | Granny Jones |
| Billy Mahan | Bobby Jones |
| Eddie Collins | Henry 'Beaver' Howard |
| Robert Shaw | National Park Ranger Barry Frazier |
| Helen Ericson | Daisy Landers |
Directors
Writers
Buster Keaton, Joseph Hoffman, Stanley Rauh
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jed Prouty | John Jones |
| Spring Byington | Mrs. John Jones |
| Kenneth Howell | Jack Jones (as Ken Howell) / Jack Jones |
| George Ernest | Roger Jones |
| June Carlson | Lucy Jones |
| Florence Roberts | Granny Jones |
| Billy Mahan | Bobby Jones |
| Eddie Collins | Henry 'Beaver' Howard |
| Robert Shaw | National Park Ranger Barry Frazier |
| Helen Ericson | Daisy Landers |
| Marvin Stephens | Tommy McGuire |
| Paul Hurst | Sheriff |
| John T. Murray | Professor Pete Mathews |
| George Lynn | H. Jenkins 'Hank' Pierson |
| Horace McMahon | Floyd 'Bat' Douglas |
| John Sheehan | Fire Chief |
| Eddie Dunn | Deputy Sheriff |
| George Guhl | Deputy and Jailer |
| Billy Griffith | Druggist |
| Edwin Gaffney | Gas Station Attendant |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| John Stone | Producer |
