My Brother Talks to Horses (1946)
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In later years, director Fred Zinneman seldom referred to My Brother Talks to Horses as one of his career highpoints. Even so, this leisurely period comedy has its moments, most of them delivered by precocious Jackie "Butch" Jenkins as the title character. Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose (Jenkins) claims that he can converse with horses-and also pick the winners of upcoming races. When it appears as though Lewie is telling the truth, he attracts the interest of gambler Rich Roeder (Charles Ruggles), who needs a "sure thing" in the upcoming Preakness. Meanwhile, Lewie's older brother John (Peter Lawford) carries on a romance with the lovely Martha (Beverly Tyler). An unexpected tragedy slows down the film in the home stretch, but otherwise My Brother Talks to Horses is a pleasant second-echelon MGM production. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Peter Lawford - John S. Penrose
- Edward Arnold - Mr. Bledsoe
- Spring Byington - Mrs. Penrose
- Paul Langton - Mr. Gillespie
- Irving Bacon - Mr. Piper
- Howard Freeman - Hector Damson
- Butch Jenkins - Lewis Penrose
- Beverly Tyler - Martha
- Charlie Ruggles - Richard Pennington Roeder
- O.Z. Whitehead - Mr. Puddy
- Ernest Whitman - Mr. Mordecai
- Lillian Yarbo - Psyche
- Harry Hayden - Mr. Gibley
- Director(s):
- Fred Zinnemann
- Producer(s):
- Samuel Marx
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