Trailer
Summary
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 56GoodWatch 57
IMDb6.3
Audience score48%
Running time
1 h 52 min
Longer than most comedies, +12 min on the typical 100
typical 100112Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 22 more
Released
1950
April 12, 1950
76 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
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and 40 more46 people
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- Coleen GrayAlice 'Princess' Higgins
- Charles BickfordJ.L. Higgins
- Frances GiffordMargaret Higgins
- William DemarestHappy
- Raymond WalburnProf. Pettigrew
- James GleasonRacing Secretary
- Ward BondLee
Clarence MuseWhitey
Percy KilbridePop Jones
Harry DavenportJohnson
Margaret HamiltonEdna
Paul HarveyWhitehall
Douglass DumbrilleEddie Howard
Gene LockhartJ.P. Chase
Marjorie HoshelleMathilda Early
Rand BrooksHenry Early
Willard WatermanArthur Winslow
Marjorie LordMary Winslow
Irving BaconHamburger Man
Joe FriscoJoe Frisco
Frankie DarroJockey Williams
Charles LaneErickson
Dub TaylorJoe
Directing · 1
- Frank Capra Director, Producer
Writing · 2
- Robert Riskin Screenplay
- Mark Hellinger Story
Camera · 2
- George Barnes Director of Photography
- Ernest Laszlo Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- William Hornbeck Editor
Sound · 4
- Victor Young Original Music Composer
- Hugo Grenzbach Sound
- Gordon Rayburn Sound
- John Cope Sound
Art · 4
- Sam Comer Set Decoration
- Hans Dreier Art Direction
- Walter H. Tyler Art Direction
- Emile Kuri Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Edith Head Costume Design
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