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The Day the Bookies Wept

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Calorie Rating: 90
Released: 1939-09-13
Running Time: 64 Minutes
Studios: RKO Radio Pictures,

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A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.

Director / Directors

Leslie Goodwins

Director

Cast

Joe Penner

Character: Ernest Ambrose

Betty Grable

Character: Ina Firpo

Richard Lane

Character: Ramsey Firpo

Tom Kennedy

Character: Pinky Brophy

Thurston Hall

Character: Col. March

Bernadene Hayes

Character: Margie

Carol Hughes

Character: Patsy

Vinton Hayworth

Character: Harry, Rider with Margie

Brooks Benedict

Character: Major 'Brownie' Horner (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Character: Racetrack Bookie / Cashier (uncredited)

Eddie Borden

Character: Skinny Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Harry Bowen

Character: Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Character: Photographer (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Character: Racetrack Taxi Patron (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Character: Horse Seller to Colonel March (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Character: Racetrack Detective (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Character: Race Judge (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Character: Cab Mechanic / Dispatcher (uncredited)

Harry Harvey

Character: Beer Delivery Man (uncredited)

Al Herman

Character: Racetrack Tout (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

Character: Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)

Lloyd Ingraham

Character: Man with Binoculars (uncredited)

Jack Irwin

Character: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Character: Stable's Gate Guard (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

Character: Bill, Man Outside Racetrack (uncredited)

Teddy Mangean

Character: Hiccup's Jockey (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Character: Taxi Driver with Mustache (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Character: Racetrack Betting Teller (uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell

Character: Jed Albright, Cashier (uncredited)

William Newell

Character: Maxie T. Bookmaker (uncredited)

George Noisom

Character: Newsboy (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Character: Railbird Race Spectator (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Character: Motor Cop (uncredited)

Leonard Penn

Character: Man at Racetrack (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

Character: Inquisitive Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

Character: Auction Spectator (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Character: Bet Placing Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Chill Wills

Character: Man on Bus (uncredited)

Production and Crew

Feild M. Gray

Assistant Art Director

Lee S. Marcus

Production Executive

Arthur Morton

Music Director

Desmond Marquette

Editor

Bert Granet

Screenplay

George Jeske

Screenplay

Robert Sisk

Producer

Van Nest Polglase

Art Direction

Renié

Costume Design

Daniel Fuchs

Story

Vernon L. Walker

Special Effects

Jack MacKenzie

Director of Photography

Richard Van Hessen

Sound Recordist