Jour de chance (1950)
Dan a tout pour réussir. Son père, un riche industriel, lui promet un avenir radieux aux commandes de son usine. Mais Dan a d'autres projets. Passionné par les chevaux et le monde des course, il ne rêve que d'entraîner Broadway Bill et lui faire remporter le prochain derby. Alice, amoureuse de lui, l'aide à réaliser son challenge, accompagnée par quelques amis. Grâce à l'opiniâtreté de Dan, Broadway Bill fait rapidement des progrès. Le jour tant attendu approche, mais voilà que le cheval tombe malade. Inquiétude et désarroi minent le moral des troupes. Juste avant la course, l'animal semble se rétablir...
Directeur:
Frank Capra
écrivain:
Robert Riskin
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Bing Crosby as Dan Brooks |
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Coleen Gray as Alice 'Princess' Higgins |
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Charles Bickford as J.L. Higgins |
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Frances Gifford as Margaret Higgins |
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William Demarest as Happy |
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Raymond Walburn as Prof. Pettigrew |
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James Gleason as Racing Secretary |
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Ward Bond as Lee |
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Clarence Muse as Whitey |
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Percy Kilbride as Pop Jones |
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Harry Davenport as Johnson |
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Margaret Hamilton as Edna |
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Paul Harvey as Whitehall |
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Douglass Dumbrille as Eddie Howard |
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Gene Lockhart as J.P. Chase |
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Marjorie Hoshelle as Mathilda Early |
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Rand Brooks as Henry Early |
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Willard Waterman as Arthur Winslow |
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Marjorie Lord as Mary Winslow |
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Irving Bacon as Hamburger Man |
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Joe Frisco as Joe Frisco |
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Frankie Darro as Jockey Williams |
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Charles Lane as Erickson |
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Dub Taylor as Joe |
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Max Baer as Bertie (uncredited) |
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Clara Blandick as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Harry C. Bradley as Howard's Bookkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Heinie Conklin as Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Ann Doran as Nurse (uncredited) |
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Highland Dale as Broadway Bill - the Horse (uncredited) |
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Sam Flint as Racetrack Official (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Joe Gray as Johnny (uncredited) |
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Oliver Hardy as Sucker (uncredited) |
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Alfred P. James as Mel (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Tom Kennedy as Racetrack Mug (uncredited) |
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Robert McKenzie as Man in Barbershop (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Pat Moriarity as Cop (uncredited) |
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Louis Natheaux as One of Howard's Men (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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James Nolan as Deputy (uncredited) |
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Kasey Rogers as Spectator (uncredited) |
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Skeeter as Broadway Bill's Rooster (uncredited) |
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Harry Semels as Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Emmett Vogan as Betting Parlor Operator (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Percy Helton as Pawnbroker (uncredited) |
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Fritz Feld as French Dressmaker (uncredited) |
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Byron Foulger as Maitre d' (uncredited) |
| Writing | Robert Riskin | Screenplay |
| Directing | Frank Capra | Director |
| Writing | Mark Hellinger | Story |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Sound | Hugo Grenzbach | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Art | Emile Kuri | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Gordon Rayburn | Sound |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Production | Frank Capra | Producer |
| Art | Walter H. Tyler | Art Direction |
| Sound | John Cope | Sound |
| Camera | Ernest Laszlo | Director of Photography |
| Camera | George Barnes | Director of Photography |
| Editing | William Hornbeck | Editor |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |