Remedy for Riches

{{Short description|1940 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Remedy for Riches | image =File:Remedy for Riches.jpg | caption = | director = [[Erle C. Kenton]] | producer = [[William Stephens (producer)|William Stephens]] | writer = [[Lee Loeb]] | starring = [[Jean Hersholt]]<br>[[Dorothy Lovett]]<br>[[Edgar Kennedy]] | music = | cinematography = [[John Alton]] | editing = [[Paul Weatherwax]] | distributor = [[RKO Radio Pictures]] | released = {{film date|1940|11|29}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4237 | title=Remedy for Riches: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=April 13, 2014}}</ref> | runtime = 60 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }}

'''''Remedy for Riches''''' is a 1940 American [[comedy film]] directed by [[Erle C. Kenton]] and featuring [[Jean Hersholt]]. It is the fourth of the six films of the [[Dr. Christian]] series.

== Plot ==

A college friend of the local soda-jerk comes to town and lets it be known that he's looking for property on which to build a resort. When he buys some land and suddenly "discovers" there's oil underneath it—and generously offers to sell the townspeople shares in his newly found oil reserves—Dr. Christian suspects a swindle and sets out to prove it.

== Cast ==

* [[Jean Hersholt]] as Dr. Paul Christian * [[Dorothy Lovett]] as Judy Price * [[Edgar Kennedy]] as George Browning * [[Maude Eburne]] as Mrs. Hastings * [[Walter Catlett]] as Clem * [[Robert Baldwin (actor)|Robert Baldwin]] as Roy Davis * [[Warren Hull]] as Tom Stewart * [[Jed Prouty]] as D.B. Emerson Vanderveer * [[Renie Riano]] as Mrs. Gattle * [[Lester Scharff]] as Eddie

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0032980}} * [https://retroflix.org/remedy-for-riches-1940/ ''Remedy for Riches''] on RetroFlix

[[Category:1940 films]] [[Category:1940 comedy films]] [[Category:American comedy films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:Films directed by Erle C. Kenton]] [[Category:1940 American films]] [[Category:Dr. Christian films]] [[Category:RKO Pictures films]]