Wine, Women and Horses (1937) (MOD) "Fawkes"

Wine, Women and Horses (1937) (MOD) "Fawkes"W. R. Burnetts's Dark Hazard gets remade inside the world of horse racing with journeyman character actor Barton MacLane amiably filling the shoes of Edward G. Robinson, aided and abetted by the charms of then rising star Ann Sheridan. Jim Turner (MacLane) loves wine, women and horses, though not always in that order, content with his riches to rags lifestyle and the company of feminine fellow travelers like the down to earth Valerie (Sheridan).

But when Carol shows up

to avoid confusion with its unrelated Clint Walker TV Western series that aired from 1955 to 1963

O'Neil) promotes Balki from mailroom clerk to children's page editor

Nugent wrote in his admiring review

take off in Yogi's homemade getaway mobile - the Supercar - in search of a new home

the 1950 Batmobile

who flashed a keen-edged blade in Scaramouche and drove a thundering chariot in Ben-Hur

married - Lady Emma Hamilton

This is not a Toy

and what erupts next isn't just a feud

And look for an in-joke Garbo fans will love - the name of the yacht is All Alone

Terry is appointed to act as a liaison between Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur