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Title: Money from Home

Release Date: 31 Dec 1953

Runtime: 1h 40m

Genre: Comedy, Music

Director: Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions

Overview: Herman owes a lot of gambling debts. To pay them off, he promises the mob he'll fix a horse, so that it does not run. He intends to trick his animal-loving cousin Virgil, an apprentice veterinarian, into helping him. Of course, he doesn't tell Virgil what he is really up to. Mistaken identities are assumed, while along the way, Virgil meets a female vet and Herman falls for the owner of the horse.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.8 (28 votes)

Cast

  • Herman Nelson: Dean Martin
  • Virgil Yokum: Jerry Lewis
  • Phyllis Leigh: Marjie Millar
  • Autumn Claypool: Pat Crowley
  • Bertie Searles: Richard Haydn
  • Seldom Seen Kid: Robert Strauss
  • Marshall Preston: Gerald Mohr
  • Jumbo Schneider: Sheldon Leonard
  • Poojah: Romo Vincent
  • Short Boy: Jack Kruschen
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