13 September 1939 Comedy 64 mins
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
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Joe Penner as Ernest Ambrose
Betty Grable as Ina Firpo
Richard Lane as Ramsey Firpo
Tom Kennedy as Pinky Brophy
Thurston Hall as Col. March
Bernadene Hayes as Margie
Carol Hughes as Patsy
Vinton Hayworth as Harry, Rider with Margie
Brooks Benedict as Major 'Brownie' Horner (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone as Racetrack Bookie / Cashier (uncredited)
Eddie Borden as Skinny Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Harry Bowen as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Lynton Brent as Photographer (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns as Racetrack Taxi Patron (uncredited)
Lester Dorr as Horse Seller to Colonel March (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn as Racetrack Detective (uncredited)
Feild M. Gray Assistant Art Director
Arthur Morton Music Director
Lee S. Marcus Production Executive
Leslie Goodwins Director
Desmond Marquette Editor
Daniel Fuchs Story
Bert Granet Screenplay
Robert Sisk Producer
Vernon L. Walker Special Effects
Van Nest Polglase Art Direction
Renié Costume Design
George Jeske Screenplay
Jack MacKenzie Director of Photography
Richard Van Hessen Sound Recordist
United States 13 September 1939
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