Tijdens de depressiejaren in het interbellum wordt een dansmarathon georganiseerd in Hollywood. De film volgt de deelnemers die allen, wanhopig van de armoede, koste wat het kost willen winnen of de aandacht willen krijgen van de ceremoniemeester die tevens op zoek is naar talent voor in de filmindustrie.
Nee, helaas is They Shoot Horses, Don't They? nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | James Poe | Screenplay |
| Writing | Horace McCoy | Novel |
| Directing | Sydney Pollack | Director |
| Writing | Robert E. Thompson | Screenplay |
| Production | Robert Chartoff | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donfeld | Costume Design |
| Editing | Fredric Steinkamp | Editor |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Production | Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Camera | Philip H. Lathrop | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Johnny Green | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Art Say | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carla Hadley | Hairdresser |
| Production | Theodore B. Sills | Executive Producer |
| Art | Harry Horner | Production Design |
| Art | Frank R. McKelvy | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank McCoy | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Norval D. Crutcher | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Tom Overton | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Brandon Kellogg | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Tex Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Mort Heilig | Production Executive |
