The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)

Directors

Leslie Goodwins

Cast

Al Herman, Betty Grable, Brooks Benedict, Carol Hughes, Chill Wills, Dick Lane, Douglas Spencer, Earle Hodgins, Edward Earle, Emory Parnell, Frank O'Connor, Harry Harvey, Joe Penner, Lester Dorr, Lloyd Ingraham, Stanley Blystone, Thurston Hall, Vinton Hayworth, Wilfred Lucas

The story

Pooling their resources, New York City taxi drivers–who are tired of losing money at the racetrack–designate Ernie Ambrose to go to Kentucky and buy them a racehorse. Ernie leaves behind his sweetheart Ina and spends all their money on a horse, relying on advice from a fake "colonel" by buying a nag called Hiccup. The horse is useless until Ina discovers via the colonel that Hiccup has a taste for beer.

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