A Day at the Races Movie Review 1937

Though it seems labored at times, the brilliance of the brothers Marx still comes through in this rather weak tale of a patient in a sanitorium who convinces horse doctor Groucho to take on running the place.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 111 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Slapstick Comedy, Jockeying for Position, Sanity Check, The Marx Brothers

Screenplay

Robert Pirosh, George Seaton, George Oppenheimer

Cast

Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Sig Rumann, Douglass Dumbrille, Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Leonard Ceeley, Esther Muir

Cinematography

Joseph Ruttenberg

Director

Sam Wood

Music

George Bassman, Bronislau Kaper, Walter Jurmann

Producer

MGM