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Three Men on a Horse (1936)

Three Men on a Horse poster
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A shy poet who writes greeting cards realizes he can predict winning horses. His friends and a group of gamblers try to use his talent to make money.

lightheartedwhimsicalfast-pacedcomicalcleverplayfulenergeticold-fashioned

What happens

Three Men on a Horse is a 1936 American comedy film directed and produced by Mervyn LeRoy, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name written by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm. A mild-mannered greeting card poet has the uncanny ability to pick winners in horse races. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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