RIDING HIGH tells the story of a horse trainer who is down and out and looks to his horse to win the big race and get him back on his feet.
Viewer Reviews Bing Crosby is quite good in this movie, neither a straight-up crooner nor half a comedy act. He plays a rather ordinary fellow who gets mixed up with an extraordinarily stuffy family by falling in love w/ one of the (temporarily) available daughters. Horse sense prevents one huge mistake, but Bing almost misses out on the "Princess" who'd like to be his queen (Coleen Gray). More than one totally silly musical scene, including "Bake a Sunshine Cake," and "The Horse Told Me." Attempts at stabbing in the back (after all, there's a big horse race at stake) and a little good-natured conniving add depth to the story. The underdog (in this case a horse and his owner) come out on top, the girl gets her man, and even Bing's future father-in-law shows a glimmer of horse sense in the end (Joseph Cotton is perfect for the role!).
