Brewster's Millions (1945)
Brewster's Millions (1945) is one of a number of adaptations of the novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. In the original Brewster's Millions, the hero was a stockbroker; in this 1945 version, Brewster is a returning GI. The seventh and most recent adaptation of Brewster's Millions in 1985 starred Richard Pryor as a minor league baseball player.
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