Dollar Daddy
Director Viktor Gertler
A heavily indebted schoolteacher raising two marriageable daughters is buoyed by rumors that his long-lost uncle in America is a millionaire, until the uncle’s unexpected arrival in poverty sparks a rush of creditors, patrons and fortune-seekers. Ambitious lawyer Jenő Szekeres orchestrates the deception so that the family, the town and himself profit from the false fortune, and even when the truth comes out, everyone, including Szekeres, now eyeing a political career, chooses to uphold the lie.
Cast
István Egri
Captain
László Földényi
József Timár
The mayor
Erzsi Somogyi
Koltay's wife
Lajos Mányai
banker Bottlik
Márta Fónay
mayor's wife
József Máriáss
uncle Szikszai
József Szendrő
Árpád Gyenge
Rab (uncredited)
Imre Ráday
Koltay
Sándor Tompa
Dr. Króny
Sándor Peti
banker Brenner
László Bánhidi
Lenke Lorán
daughter of the mayor
János Rajz
Tamás Hoffmann
Tivadar Horváth
The son of the chieftain
Ervin Kibédi
(uncredited)
Imre Pongrácz
prison guard
Iván Darvas
Dr. Jenő Szekeres
János Makláry
Kocsis
Ernö Szabó
Leihner Rudolf, dealer