Money from Home
- Dean Martin ( Herman 'Honey Talk' Nelson)
- Jerry Lewis ( Virgil Yokum )
- Richard Haydn ( Bertie Searles )
- Sheldon Leonard (Jumbo Schneider)
- Pat Crowley ( Dr. Autumn Claypool )
- Marjie Millar ( Phyllis Leigh )
- Mara Corday (Mary )
- Jack Kruschen ( little boy )
The daredevil Jockey (English: Money from Home ) is the only 3D film of the comedian - trailer combination Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and also her first color film. The screenplay was based on a template by American author Damon Runyon.
Action
Herman 'Honey Talk' Nelson has imprudently accumulated a lot of gambling debts. Now he is being blackmailed by a betting ring fraudsters to manipulate a racehorse. Honey Talk hires his dim-witted cousin Virgil Yokum, a vet assistant. Virgil is supposed to ensure that the famous race horse is the last by the target, but with him as a rider it is even first.
Others
The daredevil jockey to be one of only two 3D movies, which was shot in a three- strip Technicolor. The second film was "flight to Tangier " ( Flight to Tangier, 1953) with Jack Palance.
The film songs were written by Jack Brooks, Burton Lane and Joseph J. Lilley.
Reviews
"(...) Little inspired Lewis -Martin- spectacle. Rating: 2 stars (average) "
" Unassuming, too chatty comedy about the unlikely comedic duo Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, which has its entertaining moments in the spoof of gangster films. "
Awards
Pat Crowley won both for her performance as Dr. Autumn Claypool as well as for the film The piquant years of a woman's Golden Globe Award for Best Young Actress.