Racing Blood

Racing Blood

HOOF-BEATS! HEART-BEATS! HAIR-RAISING ACTION THRILLS!

NR 1936 · 61 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Crime

Frankie Reynolds (Frankie Darro' ), youngest member of a family of jockeys, borrows $4.85 (yes, four dollars and eighty-five cents) from his sister Phyllis (Gladys Blake), who is not a jockey, to buy a crippled colt from the stables owned by Clay Harrison (Kane Richmond). He nurses the colt back to health, and in two years has one of the fastest horses in the country.

Directed by Victor Halperin · Written by Peter B. Kyne

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