Crazy Over Horses (1951)

Director:

William Beaudine

Writer:

Tim Ryan (original screenplay)

Release Date:

18 November 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

SO HILARIOUS! IT'S CRAZY ENOUGH TO MAKE EVEN A HORSE LAUGH!

Plot:

The boys get mixed up with a race horse & crooked gamblers.

Plot Keywords:

Father Daughter Relationship | Switch | Poverty Row Film | Racing | Racehorse

Cast

Leo Gorcey	...	Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall	...	Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
Ted de Corsia	...	Duke
Allen Jenkins	...	Weepin' Willie
Gloria Saunders	...	Terry Flynn
Tim Ryan	...	Flynn
William 'Billy' Benedict	...	Whitey (as William Benedict)
Bernard Gorcey	...	Louis Xavier 'Louie' Dumbrowsky
David Gorcey	...	Chuck (as David Condon)
Benny Bartlett	...	Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
Michael Ross	...	Swifty (as Mike Ross)
Russell Hicks	...	Randall
Peggy Wynne	...	Mazie
Sam Balter	...	Announcer
Leo 'Ukie' Sherin	...	Groom
Bob Peoples	...	Uniformed Guard
Ray Page	...	Evans
Darr Smith	...	Pinkerton Man
Smoki Whitfield	...	Groom Shooting Craps
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gertrude Astor	...	Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge	...	Jockey (uncredited)
Thomas Delmar	...	Jockey (uncredited)
Ben Frommer	...	Silent Man (uncredited)
Whitey Hughes	...	Jockey (uncredited)
Perc Launders	...	Charlie (Gate Guard) (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack	...	Elderly Man (uncredited)
Bernard Pludow	...	Jockey (uncredited)

Directed by
William Beaudine

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tim Ryan		original screenplay

Produced by
Jerry Thomas	....	producer

Cinematography by
Marcel Le Picard		(photographed by)

Film Editing by
William Austin

Art Direction by
Dave Milton		(as David Milton)

Set Decoration by
Robert Priestley

Production Management
Allen K. Wood	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William A. Calihan Jr.	....	assistant director (as William Calihan)

Sound Department
Tom Lambert	....	sound recordist

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sid Mintz	....	wardrobe (as Sidney Mintz)

Music Department
Edward J. Kay	....	musical director

Other crew
Ilona Vas	....	set continuity

Production Companies

• Monogram Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Monogram Pictures Corporation (1951) (USA) (theatrical)
• Teakwood Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Win, Place and Show

Runtime:

65 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Park Racetrack - 1050 S. Prairie Avenue, Inglewood, California, USA

Company:

Monogram Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Shot in six days.

Movie Connections:

Follows Live Wires (1946)

As long as they make money, we'll keep making them.

Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Chuck (David Gorcey as David Condon), Butch (Bennie Bartlett) and Whitey (Billy Benedict) suddenly become the Mahoney Collection Agency when they learn that Flynn (Tim Ryan), stable and second-hand store owner, has owed $250 to Louie (Bernard Gorcey), Sweet Shop proprietor, for over two years.

Flynn, who has a daughter named Terry (Gloria Saunders) persuades Slip to accept "My Girl," a horse, in payment for the debt. Flynn has been boarding the horse for months but has not been paid. "My Girl" is a really good race horse that is actually owned by racketeer Big Al (Ted de Corsia), who with Weepin' Willie (Allen Jenkins) and Swifty (Michael Ross), are planning to run the horse in a future race as a ringer for their long-odds and very-slow horse, Tarzana. The Bowery boys learn of this and switch horses. Big Al, Willie and Swifty swath back. This goes on until finally the Boys have "My Girl,", the good horse and Big Al and company have Tarzan, the nag, but think they have "My Girl." Tim Ryan could write one like this in his sleep, as could most of the fans of the series from this point on...beginning with...let's make a jockey out of Sach.