{{short description|1950 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Good Fortune in Ohio | image =File:Good Fortune in Ohio.png | caption = | director = [[Heinz Paul]] | producer = {{ubl|[[Heinrich Schier]]|[[Wilhelm Sperber]]}} | writer = {{ubl|[[Ludwig Bender]]|[[Edgar Kahn]]|Heinz Paul}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Hermann Brix]]|[[Edith Prager]]|[[Loni Heuser]]}} | music = [[Herbert Jarczyk]] | cinematography = [[Erich Claunigk]] | editing = [[Doris Zeltmann]] | studio = Merkur-Film | distributor = {{ubl|Danubia|Emka-Filmverleih}} | released ={{Film date|1950|12|22|df=yes}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = West Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Good Fortune in Ohio''''' ({{langx|de|'''Glück aus Ohio'''}}) is a 1950 West German [[comedy film]] directed by [[Heinz Paul]] and starring [[Hermann Brix]], [[Edith Prager]] and [[Loni Heuser]].<ref>Goble p.780</ref> It was shot at the [[Schwanthalerhöhe]] Studios in [[Munich]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around the city and its vicinity. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Hans Kuhnert]].<ref>https://www.filmportal.de/film/glueck-aus-ohio_5558ca39f8d64cb896353f5b558611c3</ref>
==Synopsis== Gustl Kreuder is a [[salesman]] of [[fire extinguisher]]s who struggled to make ends meet. To give his wife Kathrin some hope, he pretends he has received an [[inheritance]] from an uncle in the [[United States]] and can occasionally treat her. Word gets out and he soon finds himself in great demand socially and professionally due to his deception. While driving one day he sees a luxury American car in trouble and on flames, and rushes to help. The owner is so impressed that he places a very large order for fire extinguishers, proving that some part of the "[[Wirtschaftswunder|economic miracle]]" was due to his deception.
==Cast== * [[Hermann Brix]] as Gustl Kreuder * [[Edith Prager]] as Kathrin, seine Frau * [[Loni Heuser]] as Fanny Schulz * [[Josef Sieber]] as Ottokar Schulz * [[Paul Henckels]] as Direktor Hasenkamp * [[Adolf Gondrell]] as C.O. Klotz * [[Helmuth Rudolph]] as Herkules * [[Linda Caroll]] as Patricia
== References == {{reflist}}
== Bibliography == * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0130738}}
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