''Straight, Place and Show'' is a 1938 American

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directed by David Butler and starring the

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, and

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, and released by

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. It based on the unproduced

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''Saratoga Chips'' by

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and

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. It features a performance of the song "With You on My Mind" by Merman.

Plot

Al, Jimmy and Harry get into a jam at the racetrack and expose a gang of cheating Russian jockeys.

Cast

The Ritz Brothers The Ritz Brothers were an American family comedy act who performed extensively on stage, in nightclubs and in films from 1925 to the late 1960s. A fourth brother, George, acted as their manager. Early life The four brothers were born to Austria ...

as Themselves *

as Linda Tyler *

as Denny Paine *

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as Barbara Drake * George Barbier as Mr. Drake

References

External links

* 1938 films American black-and-white films 1938 comedy films Films directed by David Butler American comedy films 20th Century Fox films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub