The Day the Bookies Wept

5.0
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 64 min
  • Premiere: 1939. September 13.

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

Discover

Joe Penner

Ernest Ambrose

Betty Grable

Ina Firpo

Richard Lane

Ramsey Firpo

Tom Kennedy

Pinky Brophy

Thurston Hall

Col. March

Vinton Hayworth

Harry, Rider with Margie

Brooks Benedict

Major 'Brownie' Horner (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Racetrack Bookie / Cashier (uncredited)

Eddie Borden

Skinny Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Harry Bowen

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Photographer (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Racetrack Taxi Patron (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Horse Seller to Colonel March (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Racetrack Detective (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Race Judge (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Cab Mechanic / Dispatcher (uncredited)

Harry Harvey

Beer Delivery Man (uncredited)

Al Herman

Racetrack Tout (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)

Lloyd Ingraham

Man with Binoculars (uncredited)

Jack Irwin

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Stable's Gate Guard (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

Bill, Man Outside Racetrack (uncredited)

Teddy Mangean

Hiccup's Jockey (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Taxi Driver with Mustache (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Racetrack Betting Teller (uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell

Jed Albright, Cashier (uncredited)

William Newell

Maxie T. Bookmaker (uncredited)

George Noisom

Newsboy (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Railbird Race Spectator (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Motor Cop (uncredited)

Leonard Penn

Man at Racetrack (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

Inquisitive Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

Auction Spectator (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Bet Placing Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Chill Wills

Man on Bus (uncredited)

Art

Feild M. Gray

Assistant Art Director

Van Nest Polglase

Art Direction

Camera

Jack MacKenzie

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Renié

Costume Design

Crew

Vernon L. Walker

Special Effects

Directing

Editing

Production

Lee S. Marcus

Production Executive

Robert Sisk

Producer

Sound

Arthur Morton

Music Director

Richard Van Hessen

Sound Recordist

Writing

Bert Granet

Screenplay

George Jeske

Screenplay

Art

Feild M. Gray

Assistant Art Director

Van Nest Polglase

Art Direction

Camera

Jack MacKenzie

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Renié

Costume Design

Crew

Vernon L. Walker

Special Effects

Directing

Editing

Production

Lee S. Marcus

Production Executive

Robert Sisk

Producer

Sound

Arthur Morton

Music Director

Richard Van Hessen

Sound Recordist

Writing

Bert Granet

Screenplay

George Jeske

Screenplay