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5.9/10   24 votes
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Director:
Willis Goldbeck
Writers:
Alan Friedman (story)
Lawrence Hazard (writer)
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Release Date:
4 November 1945 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
THEY'RE OFF! (IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE...) (original print ad - all caps) more
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User Reviews:
Fades in the Stretch more (1 total)

Cast

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James Craig ... Steve Canfield
Frances Gifford ... Dr. Ann Wotters

Ava Gardner ... Hilda Spotts
Edmund Gwenn ... Dr. Homer Pecke
Sig Ruman ... Dr. Gurke
Reginald Owen ... Dr. Pembroke
J.M. Kerrigan ... Jeff Habbard
Charles Halton ... Dr. Collyer
Chester Clute ... Wallace Mason
Frank Orth ... Bartender Skelly
Joe Hernandez ... Himself
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #11044) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

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Willis Goldbeck and Buster Keaton went back almost a quarter of a century before this movie in an instance not as director and actor. What was that instance?
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Fades in the Stretch, 9 August 2004
5/10
Author: boblipton from New York City

So-so Romantic comedy of how several professors try to get their colleague's job back by playing the horses scientifically isn't much. What strengths there are lay in the supporting cast, particularly the ever-delightful Edmund Gwenn and Sig Rumann, as well as Ava Gardner in a well-played role as the other woman. James Craig is ok in the lead and Frances Gifford seems to be doing a breathless imitation of Larraine Day, but the overall effect was apparently so unhappy that director Willis Goldbeck did his work under a pseudonym.

The intent was apparently to produce something light and breezy and reminiscent of SARATOGA, but it all appears a bit harebrained.

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