Riding High
1950 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
RIDING HIGH is Frank Capra's remake of his own 1934 film Broadway Bill (AKA Strictly Confidential), in which romance and comedy play out against the backdrop of thoroughbred horse racing. Real-life racing enthusiast Bing Crosby takes over Warner Baxter's starring role from the earlier film (Baxter was admittedly skittish about horses) and lends greater emotional resonance--as well as a few musical sequences--to the lighthearted story of a wealthy businessman who abandons his privileged lifestyle in favor of racing horses. While Coleen Gray replaces Myrna Loy as co-star, most of the original cast members reprise their supporting roles--including Clarence Muse, Raymond Walburn, Margaret Hamilton, and Douglass Dumbrille--and Oliver Hardy appears without Stan Laurel in a memorable cameo.
Direction Frank Capra
Cast Bing Crosby · Coleen Gray · Charles Bickford · Frances Gifford · William Demarest · Raymond Walburn · James Gleason · Ward Bond · Clarence Muse · Percy Kilbride · Harry Davenport · Margaret Hamilton · Paul Harvey · Douglass Dumbrille · Gene Lockhart · Oliver Hardy
Soundtrack James Van Heusen
Screenplay Robert Riskin
Cinematography Ernest Laszlo · George Barnes
Original title Riding High
6.1
73 votes (FilmAffinity)
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