The Day the Bookies Wept(1939)09/13/1939 (US)Comedy1h 4m5.0ShareOverviewA pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.Leslie GoodwinsDirectorBert GranetScreenplayGeorge JeskeScreenplayDaniel FuchsStoryTop Billed CastJoe PennerErnest AmbroseBetty GrableIna FirpoRichard LaneRamsey FirpoTom KennedyPinky BrophyThurston HallCol. MarchBernadene HayesMargieCarol HughesPatsyVinton HayworthHarry, Rider with MargieBrooks BenedictMajor 'Brownie' Horner (uncredited)Stanley BlystoneRacetrack Bookie / Cashier (uncredited)Eddie BordenSkinny Taxi Driver (uncredited)Harry BowenTaxi Driver (uncredited)Lynton BrentPhotographer (uncredited)Paul E. BurnsRacetrack Taxi Patron (uncredited)Lester DorrHorse Seller to Colonel March (uncredited)Eddie DunnRacetrack Detective (uncredited)Edward EarleRace Judge (uncredited)Jack GarganCab Mechanic / Dispatcher (uncredited)Harry HarveyBeer Delivery Man (uncredited)Al HermanRacetrack Tout (uncredited)Popularity TrendLast 30 DaysThis chart shows the popularity trend over the past 30 days.MediaVideos (0)Backdrops (1)Posters (2)Recommendations64%Shrek Forever After65%Suck Me Shakespeer 265%Rio 282%Saving Private Ryan69%Man73%Skyfall48%Camping 280%My Little Pony - Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks62%The Expendables 364%Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade64%My Friends Act III80%Nixon Newell: First Female of Fight Club62%The Cave of the Golden Rose 362%The Internship74%Lone Survivor61%Top Five61%Ever After High: Dragon Games65%Obvious Child55%Let's Kill Ward's Wife56%Station Six-SaharaPrevious slideNext slideSimilar Movies73%Airplane!62%2 Days in Paris67%Taxi52%Berlin is in Germany75%Night on Earth51%Man with the Screaming Brain61%My Best Friend57%Helsinki Napoli All Night Long60%Taxi Driver30%Viswam60%Sugar, Honey and Pepper69%Tangerine67%One A.M.0%Stop That Cab61%Date Night59%Born Romantic58%They All Laughed73%Midnight58%The Missing Person100%RoxyPrevious slideNext slide