The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Preston Sturges
Produced by	Preston Sturges
Written by	Preston Sturges
Starring	Eddie Bracken Betty Hutton
Music by	Score: Charles Bradshaw Leo Shuken Gil Grau (uncredited) Songs: Preston Sturges Ted Synder
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Edited by	Stuart Gilmore
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 5, 1944 (New York City) January 19, 1944 (U.S.)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$775,000
Box office	$9 million (US)

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek is a 1944 screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton, and featuring Diana Lynn, William Demarest and Porter Hall. Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff reprise their roles from Sturges' 1940 film The Great McGinty.

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, which was filmed in 1942 and early 1943, but not released until 1944, was nominated for a 1945 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and in 2001 it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film ranks #54 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Laughs list of the top 100 funniest films in movie history.

The 1958 film Rock-A-Bye Baby, starring Jerry Lewis, was loosely based on The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. Preston Sturges received a credit for that film, but did not actually participate in the project.

This is one of the few sound films before 1950 of Paramount that do not belong to EMKA, along with Sorry, Wrong Number and The Buccaneer.