Money From Home
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| Directed by | George Marshall |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
| Written by | Damon Runyon James Allardice |
| Starring | Jerry Lewis Dean Martin Marjie Miller Pat Crowley Robert Strauss |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 31, 1953 |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Money From Home was filmed from March 9 - May 1, 1953. It was released on December 31, 1953 by Paramount.
[edit] Plot
New York City in the 1920's is where gambler "Honey Talk" Nelson (Dean Martin) crosses paths with bookie "Jumbo" Schneider (Sheldon Leonard). Nelson has two choices, cement shoes or "fixing" a horse race in Maryland. Naturally, Nelson heads to Maryland with his cousin Virgil Yokum (Jerry Lewis) tagging along.
Once in Maryland, Nelson falls for the owner (Marjie Miller) of the horse that has been choosen for the "fix". Virgil has also fallen in love, with the veterinarian (Pat Crowley) assigned to the horse. Nelson decides that love should prevail and refuses to go along with the plan. Meanwhile, an English jockey (Richard Haydn), who is to ride the horse, is prevented from performing his job by Schneider's mobsters and Yokum winds up riding the horse to victory.
[edit] Trivia
- It is the first Martin and Lewis film made in color, although they did make a cameo appearance in 1952's color Hope and Crosby film, Road to Bali.
- It is the only Martin and Lewis film made in 3-D.
- Lewis received an additional on-screen credit: "Special Material in Song Numbers Staged by Jerry Lewis."
- In 1993, the Film Forum in New York City had a two-week screening of the 3-D version of the film. It was the only time since the film premiered that it has been shown in 3-D.
