The Day the Bookies Wept
Comedy
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
1939-09-13
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Cast
Director
Leslie Goodwins
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)
Edward Earle as Race Judge (uncredited)
Jack Gargan as Cab Mechanic / Dispatcher (uncredited)
Harry Harvey as Beer Delivery Man (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham as Man with Binoculars (uncredited)
Mike Lally as Stable's Gate Guard (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas as Bill, Man Outside Racetrack (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe as Taxi Driver with Mustache (uncredited)
Frank Mills as Racetrack Betting Teller (uncredited)
William Newell as Maxie T. Bookmaker (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor as Railbird Race Spectator (uncredited)
Emory Parnell as Motor Cop (uncredited)
Leonard Penn as Man at Racetrack (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell as Inquisitive Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer as Auction Spectator (uncredited)
Max Wagner as Bet Placing Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Chill Wills as Man on Bus (uncredited)