This film features a huge cast of well-known character actors playing a group of people at a hotel near a race track awaiting the outcome of a particular race. They include Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard, Adrienne Ames, Sidney Blackmer, David Manners, Cecil Cunningham, Nydia Westman, Shirley Grey and Bradley Page. There's the comical pair, the criminal pair out to fleece someone, a woman estranged from her husband, and the various gamblers, jockeys and horse owners with lots of cash on the line. Carole Lombard, the biggest name in the cast, is probably the least interesting of the cast. Cecil Cunningham, a tall, gangly character actress stands out to me out from everybody. There's a little something for everybody to do here, so it ends up pretty much as a mixed bag. Definitely "B" scale, however. Interesting note: the villain's name is Jack Ruby!
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