Racing Luck

Racing Luck

RIVAL BEAUTIES...betting their hearts on pounding hoofs!

1948 · 66 min · ★ 9.0 · Comedy, Romance

Brother and sister "Boots" Warren and Phyllis Warren inherit two race horses. One of the horses is claimed by a rival horse-owner, Jeff Stuart, when it wins a claiming race at Santa Anita. Then Stuart learns that the horse will not run without its former stablemate. But neither Stuart nor the Warrens want to give up their respective horses. It is finally agreed that both horses will be entered in the same race, and the winning owner will gain possession of both horses. The only complication is that Phyllis has fallen in love with Stuart.

Directed by William Berke · Written by Joseph Carole

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Cast

Stanley Clements Boots Warren
Gloria Henry Phyllis Warren
David Bruce Jeff Stuart
Dooley Wilson Abe
Paula Raymond Natalie Gunther
Harry Cheshire Radcliffe Malone
Jack Ingram George
Nelson Leigh Hendricks
Bill Cartledge Joe
Syd Saylor Pete

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