# Remedy for Riches > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Remedy_for_Riches > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Remedy_for_Riches.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedy_for_Riches > Source revision: 1339165478 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1940 film Remedy for Riches Directed by Erle C. Kenton Written by Lee Loeb Produced by William Stephens Starring Jean Hersholt Dorothy Lovett Edgar Kennedy Cinematography John Alton Edited by Paul Weatherwax Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures Release date November 29, 1940 (1940-11-29) [1] Running time 60 minutes Country United States Language English ***Remedy for Riches*** is a 1940 American [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Erle C. Kenton](/source/Erle_C._Kenton) and featuring [Jean Hersholt](/source/Jean_Hersholt). It is the fourth of the six films of the [Dr. Christian](/source/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](/source/Jean_Hersholt) as Dr. Paul Christian - [Dorothy Lovett](/source/Dorothy_Lovett) as Judy Price - [Edgar Kennedy](/source/Edgar_Kennedy) as George Browning - [Maude Eburne](/source/Maude_Eburne) as Mrs. Hastings - [Walter Catlett](/source/Walter_Catlett) as Clem - [Robert Baldwin](/source/Robert_Baldwin_(actor)) as Roy Davis - [Warren Hull](/source/Warren_Hull) as Tom Stewart - [Jed Prouty](/source/Jed_Prouty) as D.B. Emerson Vanderveer - [Renie Riano](/source/Renie_Riano) as Mrs. Gattle - [Lester Scharff](/source/Lester_Scharff) as Eddie ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Remedy for Riches: Detail View"](http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4237). American Film Institute. Retrieved April 13, 2014. ## External links - [*Remedy for Riches*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032980/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Remedy for Riches*](https://retroflix.org/remedy-for-riches-1940/) on RetroFlix v t e Films directed by Erle C. Kenton Salome vs. Shenandoah (1919) Down on the Farm (1920) Love, Honor and Behave (1920) A Small Town Idol (1921) A Fool and His Money (1925) The Danger Signal (1925) Red Hot Tires (1925) The Love Toy (1926) Other Women's Husbands (1926) The Sap (1926) The Palm Beach Girl (1926) The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1927) The Girl in the Pullman (1927) Bare Knees (1928) Name the Woman (1928) Nothing to Wear (1928) Companionate Marriage (1928) Golf Widows (1928) The Street of Illusion (1928) The Sideshow (1928) The Sporting Age (1928) Trial Marriage (1929) Father and Son (1929) Song of Love (1929) Mexicali Rose (1929) A Royal Romance (1930) X Marks the Spot (1931) Left Over Ladies (1931) The Last Parade (1931) Guilty as Hell (1932) Island of Lost Souls (1932) From Hell to Heaven (1933) Disgraced! (1933) Big Executive (1933) Search for Beauty (1934) You're Telling Me! (1934) Party Wire (1935) The Best Man Wins (1935) The Public Menace (1935) Devil's Squadron (1936) Counterfeit (1936) She Asked for It (1937) The Devil's Playground (1937) Little Tough Guys in Society (1938) The Lady Objects (1938) Everything's on Ice (1939) Escape to Paradise (1939) Remedy for Riches (1940) Petticoat Politics (1941) Melody for Three (1941) Naval Academy (1941) They Meet Again (1941) Flying Cadets (1941) North to the Klondike (1942) The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) Frisco Lil (1942) Pardon My Sarong (1942) Who Done It? (1942) It Ain't Hay (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) She Gets Her Man (1945) House of Dracula (1945) The Cat Creeps (1946) Little Miss Big (1946) Bob and Sally (1948) One Too Many (1951) Secrets of Beauty (1951) v t e Dr. Christian Radio/TV Dr. Christian Films Meet Dr. Christian (1939) The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940) Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940) Remedy for Riches (1940) Melody for Three (1941) They Meet Again (1941) This article related to an American comedy film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1940s-US-comedy-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1940s-US-comedy-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1940s-US-comedy-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Remedy for Riches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedy_for_Riches) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedy_for_Riches?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.