The lure of a lottery win has captivated people for millennia, so it's no surprise that films featuring a lottery plotline have been produced long before the introduction of the talkie. Whether they spin it as a rags to riches tale or a morality play about greed, filmmakers have seen cinematic gold in lottery winners. From 1924 to 2014, we take a look back at some of the most intriguing lottery-themed films throughout the decades. Based on Frank Norris' 1899 novel McTeague, Erich von Stroheim's silent classic Greed (1924) tells the tale of three people ruined by avarice.
- 10/29/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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