What is the duration of Riding High?

The duration of Riding High is 112 mins.

What is the original language of Riding High?

The original language of Riding High is English.

Who directed Riding High?

Riding High was directed by Frank Capra.

Which studio made Riding High?

Riding High was produced by Paramount Pictures.

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Q: Does Riding High have end credit scenes?

Riding High does not have end credit scenes.

Comedy

Runtime

112 mins

Language

English

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

Paramount Pictures

Studio

Frank Capra

Director

Does Riding High have end credit scenes?

No!

Riding High does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

Meet the Full Cast and Actors of Riding High

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Ward Bond

Lee

Dub Taylor

Joe

Charles Bickford

J.L. Higgins

Irving Bacon

Hamburger Man

Coleen Gray

Alice 'Princess' Higgins

Margaret Hamilton

Edna

Bing Crosby

Dan Brooks

James Gleason

Racing Secretary

Frankie Darro

Jockey Williams

Fritz Feld

French Dressmaker (uncredited)

James Nolan

Deputy (uncredited)

Harry Davenport

Johnson

Clarence Muse

Whitey

William Demarest

Happy

Percy Helton

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Gene Lockhart

J.P. Chase

Paul Harvey

Whitehall

Ann Doran

Nurse (uncredited)

Kasey Rogers

Spectator (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

Racetrack Mug (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Erickson

Percy Kilbride

Pop Jones

Douglass Dumbrille

Eddie Howard

Joe Frisco

Clara Blandick

Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Oliver Hardy

Sucker (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Maitre d' (uncredited)

Max Baer

Bertie (uncredited)

Robert McKenzie

Man in Barbershop (archive footage) (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)

Skeeter

Broadway Bill's Rooster (uncredited)

Marjorie Lord

Mary Winslow

Marjorie Hoshelle

Mathilda Early

Emmett Vogan

Betting Parlor Operator (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Semels

Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

One of Howard's Men (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sam Flint

Racetrack Official (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pat Moriarity

Cop (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Howard's Bookkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joe Gray

Johnny (uncredited)

Raymond Walburn

Prof. Pettigrew

Rand Brooks

Henry Early

Willard Waterman

Arthur Winslow

Frances Gifford

Margaret Higgins

Alfred P. James

Mel (archive footage) (uncredited)

Highland Dale

Broadway Bill - the Horse (uncredited)

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Full Plot Summary and Ending Explained for Riding High

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Bing Crosby stars as Dan Brooks, a Yale graduate who is expected to marry Margaret Higgins, played by Frances Gifford, and join the Higgins family’s box-making business. Dan’s true passion is his horse, Broadway Bill, and he dreams of proving himself in racing rather than following the family path.

To raise the entry fee for the Imperial Derby, Dan teams up with his old pal Professor Pettigrew [Raymond Walburn], whose schemes are equal parts comic and desperate. Their plans backfire in a bakery of mishaps, and a moment of sheer embarrassment lands them in a restaurant they can’t pay for, forcing them to sing the Yale school song to settle the bill.

Alice ‘Princess’ Higgins, [Colleen Gray], the younger sister, is secretly in love with Dan and tries to help by pawning her belongings. Whitey, Dan’s loyal groom, [Clarence Muse], gets beaten in a craps game while trying to scrape together money, and Broadway Bill is carted away because Dan can’t pay the feed bill, landing him in jail.

A rich man places a 100-to-1 bet on Bill, which sparks rumors that the horse is a sure winner. The odds swing as gamblers and a crooked jockey push their own favorites toward victory, creating a tense atmosphere around the race. Broadway Bill somehow manages to win, but he collapses at the finish line and suffers a fatal heart attack.

Dan mourns, then finds a path forward by deciding to buy and race Broadway Bill II. His renewed enthusiasm persuades Alice and her father to back him, giving him a second chance to chase his dream and redefine his future.

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