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My Brother Talks to Horses

6.0 92 mins Comedy   1947
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  
Director(s): Fred Zinnemann

Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose 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 who needs a "sure thing" in the upcoming Preakness. Meanwhile, Lewie's older brother John carries on a romance with the lovely Martha.

Casts of My Brother Talks to Horses

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

as Lewie Penrose

Peter Lawford

as John S. Penrose

Beverly Tyler

as Martha Sterling

Spring Byington

as Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose

Edward Arnold

as Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe

Charles Ruggles

as Richard Pennington Roeder

Ernest Whitman

as Mr. Mordecai

Lillian Yarbo

as Psyche

Harry Hayden

as Mr. Gibley

O.Z. Whitehead

as Mr. Puddy

Howard Freeman

as Hector Damson

Paul Langton

as Mr. Gillespie

Irving Bacon

as Mr. Piper

Robert Emmett Keane

as The Chestnut's Owner (uncredited)

Garry Owen

as The Chestnut's Handler (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

as Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)

King Baggot

as Bank Employee (uncredited)

Vince Barnett

as Schuyler (uncredited)

Teddy Infuhr

as Boy at School (uncredited)

Theodore Lorch

as Spectator at Racetrack (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

as Bank Guard (uncredited)

William Phillips

as Driver (uncredited)

Fred Gilman

as Horse Handler (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

as Passenger on Trolley (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

as Policeman (uncredited)

Drew Demorest

as Bookie (uncredited)

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