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A Day at the Races is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Sam Wood released in USA on 11 june 1937 with Groucho Marx
A Day at the Races (1937)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 june 1937
Length 1h51
Directed by Sam Wood
OriginUSA
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film, Sport hippique
Rating74%
A Day at the Races (1937) is the seventh film starring the three Marx Brothers, with Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones, and Maureen O'Sullivan. Like their previous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature A Night at the Opera, this film was a major hit.
Synopsis
Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) is a veterinarian who is hired as chief of staff for the Standish Sanitarium, owned by Judy Standish (Maureen O'Sullivan), at the insistence of her most important patient, the rich Mrs. Upjohn, (Margaret Dumont), who insists on being treated only by Dr. Hackenbush. The Sanitarium has fallen on hard times, and banker J.D. Morgan (Douglas Dumbrille) is attempting to gain control of it. Judy hopes that Mrs. Upjohn will make a large donation and stop that from happening.Actors
Groucho Marx
(Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush)
Harpo Marx
(Stuffy)
Chico Marx
(Tony)
Allan Jones
(Gil Stewart)
Maureen O'Sullivan
(Judy Standish)
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