Best Man Wins is a 1948 American historical drama film directed by John Sturges and starring Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee and Robert Shayne. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is based on the story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain.

Plot

The year is 1853 when inveterate gambler Jim Smiley returns to his hometown of Dawson's Landing in Missouri after being away for a decade from his wife and son. He brings a jumping frog which he calls Daniel Webster with him, and immediately upon his arrival to the town hotel makes a bet with Sheriff Dingle and a few others, that the frog can jump when told to do so. He wins the bet and is able to pay for his stay at the hotel with the money.