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Genre
  
Comedy

Initial release
  
1938

Running time
  
1h 8m

5.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Director
  
David Butler

Costume design
  
Gwen Wakeling

Straight, Place and Show movie poster

Cast
  
Ethel Merman
(Linda Tyler),
The Ritz Brothers
(The Ritz Brothers),
Richard Arlen
(Denny Paine)

Writer
  
Damon Runyon (play), Irving Caesar (play), M.M. Musselman (screenplay), Allen Rivkin (screenplay), Lew Brown (additional dialogue)

Genres
  
Comedy, Musical, Black-and-white, Musical comedy

Similar movies
  
Related David Butler movies

Straight, Place and Show is a 1938 film starring the Ritz Brothers, Richard Arlen, and Ethel Merman and released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by David Butler and based on the unproduced play Saratoga Chips by Damon Runyon and Irving Caesar. It features a memorable performance of the song "With You on My Mind" by Merman.

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Plot

Al, Jimmy and Harry get into a jam at the racetrack and expose a gang of cheating Russian jockeys.

Cast

  • The Ritz Brothers as Themselves
  • Ethel Merman as Linda Tyler
  • Richard Arlen as Denny Paine
  • Phyllis Brooks as Barbara Drake
  • References

    Straight, Place and Show Wikipedia
    Straight, Place and Show IMDb Straight, Place and Show themoviedb.org