Long Shot (1939 film)
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Director Charles Lamont Genres Drama, Black-and-white Language English | 6.2/10 IMDb Producer Charles Lamont Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Ewart Adamson , Harry Beresford , George Callaghan Release date 6 January 1939 Cast Gordon Jones (Jeff Clayton), Marsha Hunt (Martha Sharon), Harry Davenport (Henry Sharon), C. Henry Gordon (Lew Ralston), George Meeker (Dell Baker), George E. Stone (Danny Welch)Similar movies Related Charles Lamont movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Shot is a 1939 American horse racing film directed by Charles Lamont.
Contents
The film is also known as The Long Shot.
Plot
Henry Sharon is about to be ruined financially by rival stable owner Lew Ralston when he gets an idea to fake his own death. His prize horse Certified Check is bequeathed to niece Martha, a young woman Ralston had hoped to marry.
Martha and friend Jeff Clayton begin to enter Certified Check in races, but he always loses. Then they get a tip that the horse hates running near the rail.
Given an outside post, Certified Check has a legitimate shot to win the big stakes race at Santa Anita, but first he must be kept out of sight to keep Ralston from sabotaging his chances.
Cast
Wilson Benge, Dorothy Fay, Earle Hodgins, Wilbur Mack, Carl Meyer, Lee Phelps, Norman Phillips, Jason Robards Sr. and Claire Rochelle appear uncredited.
References
Long Shot (1939 film) WikipediaLong Shot (1939 film) IMDb Long Shot (1939 film) themoviedb.org