Summary
My Brother Talks to Horses is an American film comedy first released in 1947,
directed by Fred Zinnemann.
The film stars Jackie ’Butch’ Jenkins, Peter Lawford, Beverly Tyler, Edward Arnold and Charles Ruggles.
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Credits
- Director: Fred Zinnemann
- Script: Morton Thompson
- Photo: Harold Rosson
- Music: Rudolph G. Kopp
- Cast: Jackie ’Butch’ Jenkins (Lewie Penrose), Peter Lawford (John S. Penrose), Beverly Tyler (Martha), Edward Arnold (Mr. Bledsoe), Charles Ruggles (Richard Pennington Roeder), Spring Byington (Mrs. Penrose), O.Z. Whitehead (Mr. Puddy), Paul Langton (Mr. Gillespie), Ernest Whitman (Mr. Mordecai), Irving Bacon (Mr. Piper), Lillian Yarbo (Psyche), Howard Freeman (Hector Damson), Harry Hayden (Mr. Gibley), King Baggot (Bank Employee), Polly Bailey (Spectator at Races), Vince Barnett (Schuyler), Charles Bates (Boy), Margaret Bert (Passenger on Trolley), George Bunny (Passenger on Trolley), Bobby Burns (Bank Clerk), Eddy Chandler (Police Officer Johnson), Gene Coogan (Bettor), Edgar Dearing (Policeman), Janna DeLoos (Passenger on Trolley), Drew Demorest (Bookie), Sarah Edwards, Billy Engle (Bettor), Jim Farley (Passenger on Trolley), Fred Gilman (Horse Handler), Gary Gray (Boy at School), Jimmy Hunt (Boy Walking With Three Dogs), Teddy Infuhr (Boy), Bob Ingersoll (Passenger on Trolley), Robert Emmett Keane (The Chestnut’s Owner), Colin Kenny (Passenger on trolley), Richard Kipling (Judge), Theodore Lorch (Spectator at Racetrack), Sandra Morgan (Spectator), James O’Rear (Westinghouse), Garry Owen (The Chestnut’s Handler), Frank Pharr (Bettor), William ’Bill’ Phillips (Driver), Tom Pilkington (Passenger on Trolley), George Ramsey (Bookie), Dick Rush (Bettor), Robert Skelton (Bookie), Lew Smith (Bettor), Clarence Straight (Bookie), Charles Sullivan (Bettor), Henry Sylvester (Conductor), Harry Tenbrook (Bank Guard), Florence Wright (Spectator)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 92 min; B&W
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