Riding High (1950)
3.3 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 52min
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- Synopsis:
Broadway Bill? "He's the mostest horse we ever did have!" says his handler. He's a lot of movie, too. So much that in 1950, Frank Capra teamed with stars Bing Crosby and Coleen Gray for 'Riding High', a lively remake of Capra's 1934 gem, Broadway Bill. Der Bingle's fondness for the racetrack is evident throughout this story of a man who abandons the mansion for the stable. And the songs attest to the film's unbridled spirit. There's no need for an address, three square meals a day or luck when you can say "Someplace on Anywhere Road", bake a "Sunshine Cake" or bet the nest egg on what "The Horse Told Me". Many of the 1934 stars reprise their roles here, and Oliver Hardy (minus sidekick Stan Laurel) has a memorable bit as a railbird desperate for a winner. - Actors:
- Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford, Frances Gifford, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, James Gleason, Ward Bond, Clarence Muse, Percy Kilbride, Harry Davenport, Margaret Hamilton, Paul Harvey, Douglass Dumbrille, Gene Lockhart, Marjorie Hoshelle, Rand Brooks, Willard Waterman, Marjorie Lord, Irving Bacon
- Directors:
- Frank Capra
- Producers:
- Frank Capra
- Writers:
- Robert Riskin, Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose, Mark Hellinger
- Aka:
- Frank Capra's Riding High
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- The Thin Man At 90