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Director:
Charles Lamont
Writers:
Irv Frisch (story)
Al Giebler (screenplay)
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Release Date:
15 October 1937 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Short See more »
Plot:
The stooges are gypped into trading their restaurant for "Thunderbolt", a washed up race horse. When Curly feeds Thunderbolt some chili pepperinos... See more » | Add synopsis »
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good short See more (8 total) »

Cast

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Curly Howard ... Curly (as Curly)

Larry Fine ... Larry (as Larry)

Moe Howard ... Moe (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Billy Bletcher ... Announcer (uncredited)
Nick Copeland ... Con Man (uncredited)
Lew Davis ... Con Man (uncredited)
Charles Dorety ... Stunned Pepperino Eater (uncredited)
William Irving ... Higgins (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson ... Customer (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin ... Race Starter (uncredited)
Charles Phillips ... Butler (uncredited)
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Directed by
Charles Lamont 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Irv Frisch  story
Al Giebler  screenplay
Will Harr  story
Charlie Melson  screenplay
Elwood Ullman  screenplay

Produced by
Jules White .... associate producer
 
Cinematography by
Allen G. Siegler 
 
Film Editing by
Charles Hochberg 
 
Music Department
Louis Silvers .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
 
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Runtime:
15 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #3409)
Company:
Columbia Pictures CorporationSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
This short was filmed in the Mid-1930s, at the height of horse racing in the United States. This was in the era when War Admiral and Seabiscuit were making bigger headlines then President Roosevelt.See more »
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Moe gets knocked down with the swinging doors, his apron is fully open in the back. He get knocked down a second time and it is still opened. But when he crawls under the door, the apron is wrapped around his entire back legs.See more »
Quotes:
Moe:What's the big idea?
Curly:You told me to race him around the track and I did... and I beat him. Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
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2 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
good short, 5 August 2002
Author: aboarder177@hotmail.com

In this short the stooges are waiters that get tricked into buying a horse "Thunderbolt" they enter the horse into the race and the only way to get the horse to run fast is to feed it hot peppers. This was a good short but NOT their best.

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