US Release date: 21 April 1950
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 2 September 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Running time: 112 minutes
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray & Charles Bickford
Australian Distributor: Paramount
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s State theatre for four weeks from 14 July 1950 as a feature only presentation.
Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 381 | 18 |
| EF PPE | 8.66 | 6 |
| Metres Travelled | 489,514 | 147 |
| Average MT | 11,125 | 54 |
| Engagements | 44 | 195 |
| Slots | 92 | 11 |
| Weeks | 38 | 7 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 86.36% | 6 |
| Saturdays | 4 | 309 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 9.09% | 339 |
| Tuesdays | 2 | 317 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 4.55% | 340 |
| First billed | 38 | 105 |
| Second billed | 1 | 259 |
| Feature only | 5 | 8 |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 42 |
| Ratio | 95.45% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 8.78% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 2 |
| Ratio | 4.55% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.07% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.71% |
| Hoyts eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.84% |
| Independent eng | 33 |
| Ratio | 75.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.11% |
| Suburban eng | 11 |
| Ratio | 25.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.95% |
Notes: Aptly named given its EF performance, this racetrack comedy ranked 18th overall on EF points for the year, had the 6th highest PPE and also nabbed top ten finishes on weeks, weeks as a % of total engagements and feature only presentations. One of those occasions where a highly popular hit of the day is barely remembered or revived today.
Riding High engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 2/9/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Caged Fury |
| Albert Park | Kinema | Independent | 2/9/50 | 1 | W | 1 | This Gun for Hire |
| Burnley | Burnley | Independent | 2/9/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Night Plance from Chunking |
| North Carlton | Adelphi | Independent | 2/9/50 | 1 | W | 1 | The Mutineers |
| Richmond | National | Independent | 2/9/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Happy Go Lucky |
| St. Kilda | Astor | Independent | 2/9/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Some Like it Hot |
| Toorak | Village | Independent | 2/9/50 | 1 | W | 1 | My Own True Love |
| St. Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 2/9/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Undertow |
| Brunswick | Empire | Independent | 9/9/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Night Plance from Chunking |
| Caulfield | Camden | Independent | 9/9/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Fear in the Night |
| Elsternwick | Esquire | Independent | 9/9/50 | 2 | W | 1 | My Own True Love |
| Moonee Ponds | Moonee | Independent | 9/9/50 | 2 | W | FO | FO |
| West Brunswick | Western | Independent | 9/9/50 | 2 | W | 1 | King of the Gamblers |
| Westgarth | Westgarth | Independent | 9/9/50 | 2 | W | FO | FO |
| Malvern | Embassy | Suburban | 9/9/50 | 2 | W | 1 | French Without Tears |
| Preston | Planet | Suburban | 9/9/50 | 2 | W | 1 | High Explosive |
| Brunswick East | Liberty | Independent | 16/9/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Emergency Squad |
| East Malvern | Waverley | Independent | 16/9/50 | 3 | W | 1 | The Trespasser |
| Essendon | Regal | Independent | 16/9/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Persons in Hiding |
| Glenferrie | Glen | Independent | 16/9/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Caged Fury |
| Hawthorn | Vogue | Independent | 16/9/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Speed to Spare |
| Balwyn | Balwyn | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 3 | W | 1 | The Mutineers |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 3 | W | 1 | No Strangers Here |
| Ormond | Plaza | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 3 | W | FO | FO |
| Preston | St. James | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Night Plance from Chunking |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 23/9/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Poet’s Pub |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 23/9/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Night Plance from Chunking |
| Ashburton | Civic | Independent | 23/9/50 | 4 | W | 1 | This Gun for Hire |
| Middle Brighton | Dendy | Independent | 23/9/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Big Town After Dark |
| North Brighton | Gardenvale | Independent | 23/9/50 | 4 | W | FO | FO |
| Footscray | Grand | Independent | 23/9/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Poet’s Pub |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 23/9/50 | 4 | W | FO | FO |
| Coburg | Plaza | Independent | 30/9/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Tension |
| Heidelberg | Orient | Independent | 30/9/50 | 5 | W | 1 | King of Chinatown |
| Surrey Hills | Surrey | Independent | 30/9/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Gambler’s Choice |
| Yarraville | Sun | Independent | 30/9/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Illegal Traffic |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 7/10/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Out of the Storm |
| North Melbourne | Central | Independent | 7/10/50 | 6 | W | 1 | Kazan |
| Oakleigh | Plaza | Independent | 7/10/50 | 6 | W | 1 | No Strangers Here |
| Port Melbourne | Port | Independent | 7/10/50 | 6 | W | 2 | Dark Mountain |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 7 | W | 1 | Night Plance from Chunking |
| Murrumbeena | Argosy | Suburban | 21/10/50 | 8 | S | 1 | King of Chinatown |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 11/11/50 | 11 | S | 1 | Kazan |
| Chelsea | Plaza | Independent | 10/2/51 | 24 | W | 1 | Smart Girls Don’t Talk |
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