A Day at the Races

Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, together with Tony and Stuffy, sets out to save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. Yet challenges arise. Hackenbush, recently placed in charge of the sanitarium, isn't really a doctor—he's a veterinarian.

Director(s)

Sam Wood

Robert A. Golden

Cast & Crew

Gino Corrado

Man Boarding Bus (uncredited)

Douglass Dumbrille

Morgan

Robert Middlemass

Sheriff

Bert Moorhouse

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Racetrack Guard (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Sig Ruman

Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg

Byron Foulger

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Carole Landis

Party Guest (uncredited)

Groucho Marx

Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush

Harpo Marx

Stuffy

Chico Marx

Tony

Margaret Dumont

Emily Upjohn

Maureen O'Sullivan

Judy Standish

Robert A. Golden

Vivien Fay

Specialty Dancer

Allan Jones

Gil Stewart

Leonard Ceeley

Whitmore

Esther Muir

'Flo' Marlowe

Ivie Anderson

Specialty Singer

Etta Moten

Black Singer (uncredited)

Dorothy Dandridge

Singer (uncredited)

Sam Wood

Details

GenresComedy, Music

Runtime1h 49 mins

Released on11 Jun 1937

Languageen

Produced InUnited States of America

Reviews

talisencrw

10/10

One of the greatest comedies of all time, period--and the finest comedic group at their peak, though I slightly prefer Duck Soup. Still, you won't find any better than this. Their hilarity and zaniness of the core trio is spellbinding, and their consistent comedic inventiveness is remarkable. The pacing, utilizing the occasional charming musical passages of both Chico and Harpo, are to provide a necessary counterpoint to the set-pieces, otherwise it would be too much for a cinephile to take in at one sitting.

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