Riding High (1950 film)

Riding High
Directed byFrank Capra
Screenplay byRobert Riskin
Melville Shavelson (add. dialogue)
Jack Rose (add. dialogue)
Based on"Strictly Confidential" by Mark Hellinger
Produced byFrank Capra
StarringBing Crosby
Coleen Gray
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Ernest Laszlo
Edited byWilliam Hornbeck
Music byVictor Young
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 12, 1950 (1950-04-12)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,920,000
Box office$2,350,000 (US rentals)[1]

Riding High is a 1950 American black-and-white musical racetrack film featuring Bing Crosby and directed by Frank Capra. The songs were performed live during filming instead of the customary lip-synching to studio recordings. The film is a remake of an earlier Capra film with screenwriter Robert Riskin titled Broadway Bill (1934). While the film is generally a light musical comedy, its plot contains an unexpected tragic turn.[2]

  1. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1950', Variety, January 3, 1951
  2. ^ American Movie Classics