Jour de chance (1950)

Riding High

Réalisateur : Frank Capra

Scénaristes : Mark Hellinger, Robert Riskin

Genre : Comédie

112 minutes

Status : Released

Langue : English

Pays : United States of America

Société de production : Paramount Pictures

Synopsis

Dan a tout pour réussir. Son père, un riche industriel, lui promet un avenir radieux aux commandes de son usine. Mais Dan a d'autres projets. Passionné par les chevaux et le monde des course, il ne rêve que d'entraîner Broadway Bill et lui faire remporter le prochain derby. Alice, amoureuse de lui, l'aide à réaliser son challenge, accompagnée par quelques amis. Grâce à l'opiniâtreté de Dan, Broadway Bill fait rapidement des progrès. Le jour tant attendu approche, mais voilà que le cheval tombe malade. Inquiétude et désarroi minent le moral des troupes. Juste avant la course, l'animal semble se rétablir...

• Bing Crosby - Dan Brooks
• Coleen Gray - Alice 'Princess' Higgins
• Charles Bickford - J.L. Higgins
• Frances Gifford - Margaret Higgins
• William Demarest - Happy
• Raymond Walburn - Prof. Pettigrew
• James Gleason - Racing Secretary
• Ward Bond - Lee
• Clarence Muse - Whitey
• Percy Kilbride - Pop Jones
• Harry Davenport - Johnson
• Margaret Hamilton - Edna
• Paul Harvey - Whitehall
• Douglass Dumbrille - Eddie Howard
• Gene Lockhart - J.P. Chase
• Marjorie Hoshelle - Mathilda Early
• Rand Brooks - Henry Early
• Willard Waterman - Arthur Winslow
• Marjorie Lord - Mary Winslow
• Irving Bacon - Hamburger Man
• Joe Frisco - Joe Frisco
• Frankie Darro - Jockey Williams
• Charles Lane - Erickson
• Dub Taylor - Joe
• Max Baer - Bertie (uncredited)
• Clara Blandick - Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Harry C. Bradley - Howard's Bookkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Heinie Conklin - Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Ann Doran - Nurse (uncredited)
• Highland Dale - Broadway Bill - the Horse (uncredited)
• Sam Flint - Racetrack Official (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Joe Gray - Johnny (uncredited)
• Oliver Hardy - Sucker (uncredited)
• Alfred P. James - Mel (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Tom Kennedy - Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
• Robert McKenzie - Man in Barbershop (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Pat Moriarity - Cop (uncredited)
• Louis Natheaux - One of Howard's Men (archive footage) (uncredited)
• James Nolan - Deputy (uncredited)
• Kasey Rogers - Spectator (uncredited)
• Skeeter - Broadway Bill's Rooster (uncredited)
• Harry Semels - Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Emmett Vogan - Betting Parlor Operator (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Percy Helton - Pawnbroker (uncredited)
• Fritz Feld - French Dressmaker (uncredited)
• Byron Foulger - Maitre d' (uncredited)