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Directed by | Ray Enright |
Written by |
Sig Herzig Jerry Wald Maurice Leo |
Based on | play The Hottentot by Victor Mapes and William Collier, Sr. |
Starring |
Dick Powell Anita Louise |
Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
Edited by | Clarence Kolster |
Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
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Running time
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84 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Going Places is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright. Dick Powell plays a sporting goods salesman who is forced to pose as a famous horseman as part of his scheme to boost sales and gets entangled in his lies.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "Jeepers Creepers", premiered in this movie by Louis Armstrong, who sings it to a horse.
The song "Jeepers Creepers" was nominated for the American Film Institute list AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs.