Stablemates

This article is about the movie. For the album by Yusef Lateef/A.K. Salim, see Stable Mates. For the album by Blue Mitchell, see Stablemates (album).

Stablemates
Directed by	Sam Wood
Written by	Richard Maibaum Reginald Owen Leonard Praskins Wilhelm Thiele
Produced by	Harry Rapf
Starring	Wallace Beery Mickey Rooney Margaret Hamilton
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Edited by	W. Donn Hayes
Music by	Edward Ward
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	October 7, 1938 (October 7, 1938)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Stablemates is a 1938 American sports drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney.

Plot

Wallace Beery plays eternally inebriated ex-veterinarian Tom Terry. An aspiring jockey Mickey (Mickey Rooney) idolizes Tom, who reciprocates by passing along horsemanship advice to the kid. The film's dramatic high point is where Tom, judgement benumbed by years of alcohol abuse, tries to pull himself long enough to perform a delicate operation on Mickey's beloved horse Lady-Q. The film culminates in a big horse race, with Mickey and Tom laying their hopes on the "long shot."

Cast

• Wallace Beery as Doc Tom Terry
• Mickey Rooney as Mickey
• Arthur Hohl as Mr. Gale
• Margaret Hamilton as Beulah Flanders
• Minor Watson as Barney Donovan
• Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Shepherd
• Oscar O'Shea as Pete Whalen

External links

• Stablemates at IMDb
• Stablemates at AllMovie