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 | Horace McCoy | Novel |
| Writing | James Poe | Screenplay |
| Directing | Sydney Pollack | Director |
| Production | Theodore B. Sills | Executive Producer |
| Art | Harry Horner | Production Design |
| Sound | Tex Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank McCoy | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Norval D. Crutcher | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Tom Overton | Sound Designer |
| Art | Frank R. McKelvy | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Brandon Kellogg | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Production | Robert Chartoff | Producer |
| Editing | Fredric Steinkamp | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donfeld | Costume Design |
| Production | Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Writing | Robert E. Thompson | Screenplay |
| Camera | Philip H. Lathrop | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mort Heilig | Production Executive |
| Sound | Johnny Green | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Art Say | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carla Hadley | Hairdresser |
