TMDb Rating
5.9/10
13 verified votes
Playing the Ponies (1937)
Comedy
17 min
"THEY'RE OFF...THEIR NUTS!"
Plot Summary
The stooges are gypped into trading their restaurant for "Thunderbolt", a washed up race horse. When Curly feeds Thunderbolt some chili pepperinos, he runs like crazy towards the nearest water. The boys enter Thunderbolt in a big race. With jockey Larry feeding Thunderbolt the pepperinos, and Moe and Curly on a motorcycle leading him with a bucket of water, they win the race.
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Keywords to include
ComedyCharles LamontCurly HowardLarry Fine1937
Director
Charles Lamont
Top Cast
Curly HowardLarry FineMoe HowardBilly BletcherWilliam Irving
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