Director: Sam Wood

Writers: Robert Pirosh; George Seaton; George Oppenheimer

Music by: Bronislau Kaper; Walter Jurmann

Keywords: Comedy, Horse Racing

Mrs. Standish's sanitarium is in danger of bank foreclosure as gambling interests wish to convert it into a casino. A wealthy patient, Mrs. Upjohn, requests a doctor; brought in is her old doctor from Florida, Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush, in reality a veterinarian, and he is appointed Chief of Staff. Meanwhile Mrs. Standish's husband has spent their life savings buying Hi-Hat, a race horse. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Dance Direction.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Douglass Dumbrille	Actor	13-Oct-1889	2-Apr-1974	The Three Musketeers
Margaret Dumont	Actor	20-Oct-1882	6-Mar-1965	Foil to the Marx Brothers
Allan Jones	Actor	14-Oct-1907	27-Jun-1992	Show Boat
Chico Marx	Actor	22-Mar-1887	11-Oct-1961	An Italian con-man of a Marx Brother
Groucho Marx	Comic	2-Oct-1890	19-Aug-1977	You Bet Your Life
Harpo Marx	Actor	23-Nov-1888	28-Sep-1964	Silent harp-playing Marx Brother
Maureen O'Sullivan	Actor	17-May-1911	28-Jun-1998	A Day at the Races
Sig Ruman	Actor	11-Oct-1884	14-Feb-1967	Stalag 17

CAST

Groucho Marx	...   Dr. Hackenbush
Chico Marx	...   Tony
Harpo Marx	...   Stuffy
with
Allan Jones	...   Gil
Maureen O'Sullivan	...   Judy
Margaret Dumont	...   Mrs. Upjohn
Leonard Ceeley	...   Whitmore
Douglass Dumbrille	...   Morgan
Esther Muir	...   Flo
Sig Ruman	...   Dr. Steinberg
Robert Middlemass	...   Sheriff
with
Vivien Fay	...   Dancer
Ivie Anderson	...   Singer
The Crinoline Choir	...   Choir

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