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A Day at the Races

Cast

Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones View All

Crew

George Seaton (Screenplay), George Seaton (Story), Sam Wood (Director), Robert Pirosh (Screenplay) View All

Release: Jun. 11th, 1937

Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes

Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.

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Takoma11
My favorite bit of writing/acting actually came from a scene in which Hackenbush goes to dinner with a woman named Flo (Esther Muir), who is meant to entrap Hackenbush in a compromising position.

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Iroquois
The plan to save the sanitarium involves a desperate ploy involving her boyfriend's newly-acquired racehorse and the local racetrack, which naturally involves a snobs-against-slobs struggle as Groucho, aided by a scam artist (Chico) and a jockey (Harpo), must work against a variety of stuffy authori....