Best Man Wins

“Based on The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras, by Mark Twain.”

Jim Smiley has a frog that can jump further than anyone else's frog, and Jim becomes obsessed with entering the frog in all of the local jumping-frog contests, not realizing that his obsession is about to cost him his marriage.

Director

John Sturges

Screenplay

Edward Huebsch

Novela

Mark Twain

Status

Released

Release date

06/05/1948

Original language

English