Money from Home

Money from Home

100 mins | Comedy, Music | Dec. 31, 1953

Herman owes a lot of gambling debts. To pay them off, he promises the mob he'll fix a horse, so that it does not run. He intends to trick his animal-loving cousin Virgil, an apprentice veterinarian, into helping him. Of course, he doesn't tell Virgil what he is really up to. Mistaken identities are assumed, while along the way, Virgil meets a female vet and Herman falls for the owner of the horse.

Money from Home

100 mins | Comedy, Music | Dec. 31, 1953

Money from Home
Herman owes a lot of gambling debts. To pay them off, he promises the mob he'll fix a horse, so that it does not run. He intends to trick his animal-loving cousin Virgil, an apprentice veterinarian, into helping him. Of course, he doesn't tell Virgil what he is really up to. Mistaken identities are assumed, while along the way, Virgil meets a female vet and Herman falls for the owner of the horse.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Paramount, Hal Wallis Productions
Original title Money from Home
Directors George Marshall, Michael D. Moore
Writers Damon Runyon, James B. Allardice, Hal Kanter

Cast

Dean Martin

as Herman Nelson

Jerry Lewis

as Virgil Yokum

Marjie Millar

as Phyllis Leigh

Pat Crowley

as Autumn Claypool

Richard Haydn

as Bertie Searles

Robert Strauss

as Seldom Seen Kid

Gerald Mohr

as Marshall Preston

Sheldon Leonard

as Jumbo Schneider

Romo Vincent

as Poojah

Jack Kruschen

as Short Boy

Frank Nelson

as Radio Exercise Instructor (voice) (uncredited)