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Hot Tip (1935)

Hot Tip poster
Directed by
Ray McCarey
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A fast-talking man gets involved in horse racing schemes. The story follows his attempts to make a quick profit and the complications that follow.

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What happens

Hot Tip is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and James Gleason from a screenplay by Hugh Cummings, Olive Cooper, and Louis Stevens, based on William Slavens McNutt's short story, "Leander Clicks", which had been published in the August 1928 edition of Red Book Magazine. Gleason also starred in the film, along with ZaSu Pitts, Margaret Callahan, and Russell Gleason (James' son). It was released by RKO Radio Pictures on September 6, 1935. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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