A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
- Moses
- (as Eddie Anderson)
Ottola Nesmith
- Head Nurse
- (as Tola Nesmith)
Dick Barton
- Gus - a Bookie
- (uncredited)
Curtis Benton
- Racetrack Announcer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Ted Bliss
- Radio Announcer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Mickey Daniels
- Delivery Boy
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe original play opened on Broadway in New York City at the Playhouse Theater on 30 January 1935 and closed on 9 January 1937 after 835 performances. Teddy Hart and Sam Levene originated their movie roles in the play, and the cast also included Shirley Booth as Mabel, and Millard Mitchell as Charlie. The popular play had Broadway revivals in 1942, 1970 and 1993.
- GoofsAfter Erwin's verses were recovered from the torn up and crumpled scraps of paper, the sheets they were written on appeared undamaged.
- Quotes
Harry, the Bartender: And to think last week you guys were ordering champagne.
Frankie: Don't worry! We'll be in the big dough again. A couple of winners and we'll be on Easy Street.
Harry, the Bartender: Yeah? Sweepin' it.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)
Featured review
One of those fast moving comedies Warner's did so well in the 30's
In the 1930's Warner Bros. had a group of supporting players that they largely cast in the manic comedies that they did so well in those days. Three of those players - Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, and Joan Blondell - all show up in this often forgotten little film. What is so odd here is Joan Blondell, after several starring roles, is playing in support of Frank McHugh. McHugh had been an excellent supporting player in all kinds of Warner Bros. pictures for several years - an eccentric choreographer in Busby Berkeley's "Footlight Parade", a kind-hearted neer-do-well in the melodrama "Lily Turner", etc. However, here McHugh is the center of attention, and he handles it well.
Here Warners has managed to combine comedy with crime after the production code was in full effect with no danger of violating the code yet with great comic effect. McHugh plays a mild-mannered man who writes greeting card slogans and lives in a house on a street where every house looks the same. One morning, after a fight with his brother-in-law, he stops in at a bar rather than going to work. There he makes the acquaintance of three hoods who are trying to pick a winning horse without much success. The key to this new friendship is that McHugh has a gift for picking the winning horse in every race every day as long as he doesn't bet himself.
If you ever run across this film I strongly recommend it for an amusing way to spend eighty or so minutes.
Here Warners has managed to combine comedy with crime after the production code was in full effect with no danger of violating the code yet with great comic effect. McHugh plays a mild-mannered man who writes greeting card slogans and lives in a house on a street where every house looks the same. One morning, after a fight with his brother-in-law, he stops in at a bar rather than going to work. There he makes the acquaintance of three hoods who are trying to pick a winning horse without much success. The key to this new friendship is that McHugh has a gift for picking the winning horse in every race every day as long as he doesn't bet himself.
If you ever run across this film I strongly recommend it for an amusing way to spend eighty or so minutes.
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- AlsExGal
- Nov 7, 2009
Details
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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