A Day at the Races

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A Day at the Races

1937,

1h 49m,

Comedy

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Hugo Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) is a veterinarian who masquerades as a lead doctor at Standish Sanitarium to aid the wealthy patient Emily Upjohn (Margaret Dumont). In order to save the financially failing sanitarium and its beautiful owner, Judy Standish (Maureen O'Sullivan), Hackenbush, employee Tony (Chico Marx) and jockey Stuffy (Harpo Marx) must find ingenious ways to help Gil Stewart (Allan Jones) and his inept racehorse, Hi-Hat, win the big race.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Jun 20, 2003

5/5

Sublime.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Jan 1, 2000

The Marx Brothers' second MGM movie (1937) has its moments, but the anarchy of the Paramount period was obviously gone forever.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Feb 10, 2024

3.5/4

“I took four years at Vassar." “Vassar? But that’s a girls’ college.” “I found that out the third year. I would have been there yet, but I went out for the swimming team.” And so it goes in one of the Marx Brothers’ best films.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Nov 20, 2023

4/5

A Day at the Races is one of the better films but it's still missing some of the magic.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Jul 26, 2020

4/10

The antics don't amount to much, nor are any of them particularly memorable.

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Oct 2, 2019

A Day at the Races brings us the Marx Brothers at their best; which means that their latest film is a good deal like their other films and wildly unlike anything else on earth.

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Harry R

Jun 30, 2018

Classic,after 80 years its still funny.

Theodore S

Oct 9, 2014

Classic and hilarious Marx Bro's, even though it meandered quite a lot.

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Sam Wood

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Groucho Marx

Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush

Chico Marx

Tony

Harpo Marx

Stuffy

Allan Jones

Gil Stewart

Maureen O'Sullivan

Judy Standish

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Synopsis

Hugo Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) is a veterinarian who masquerades as a lead doctor at Standish Sanitarium to aid the wealthy patient Emily Upjohn (Margaret Dumont). In order to save the financially failing sanitarium and its beautiful owner, Judy Standish (Maureen O'Sullivan), Hackenbush, employee Tony (Chico Marx) and jockey Stuffy (Harpo Marx) must find ingenious ways to help Gil Stewart (Allan Jones) and his inept racehorse, Hi-Hat, win the big race.

Director: Sam Wood
Producer: Sam Wood, Irving Thalberg, Lawrence Weingarten
Screenwriter: Robert Pirosh, George Seaton, George Oppenheimer
Distributor: MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 11, 1937, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 9, 2010
Runtime: 1h 49m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1), 35mm

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