Silks and Saddles

Silks and Saddles

THE FASTEST, FUNNIEST, RACING PICTURE YOU'VE EVER SEEN!

NR 1936 · 63 min · ★ 8.0 · Action, Comedy, Romance

College student Jimmy Shaw inherits a racehorse, named Lightning Lad, and sells stock to fellow students in order to obtain funds for racing the horse. Lightning Lad wins very race he is entered in. Marion Braddock, a spoiled rich girl who owns a racing stable offers to buy Lightning Lad, but Jimmy refuses to sell. The day of the big handicap-race arrives and Jimmy and his fellow stockholders are on their way to the track. But a group of gamblers, betting on Lightning Lad to lose, have some skullduggery plans to ensure Lightning Lad does not win the race.

Directed by Robert F. Hill · Written by William Buchanan

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Bruce Bennett Jimmy Shay
Toby Wing Marion Braddock / Jane Smith
Fuzzy Knight Bottsie Botsworth
Trixie Friganza Aunt Agatha Braddock
Frank Melton Les Winters
Robert McClung T. Midge Connolly
Bess Flowers Les Winters' Date
Roy Thompson Trainer
Roger Williams Henchman
William Buchanan Gambler
Flash the Horse Lightning Lad

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