Little Orphan Annie is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Ben Holmes, and written by Budd Schulberg and Samuel Ornitz.

The film stars Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis, J. Farrell MacDonald, and J.M.

[1][2][3] Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan (based on Harold Gray's comic strip), is befriended by a fight manager, "Pop" Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald).

She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter.

But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium, and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.