Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)
Plane to Madrid ... and the fearful cargo it carried !
Broke and about to divorce his wife, a pilot joins a smuggling scheme in postwar Madrid.
- Date of release
- 1957-09-06
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Richard Thorpe
Casting
- Robert Taylor — Lloyd Tredman
- Dorothy Malone — Phyllis Tredman
- Marcel Dalio — Toto del Aro
- Martin Gabel — Bert Smith
- Gia Scala — Paquita Heldon
- Jack Lord — Jimmy Heldon
- Hayden Rorke — J.R. Nichols
- Joyce Jameson — Sue Fan Finley
- Frank Wilcox — Shields
- Wilton Graff — Phyllis's Father
- Jimmy Murphy — Alfredo Soriano
- La Chunga
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Madrid
Tip on a Dead Jockey is a 1957 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor and Dorothy Malone. It is based on The New Yorker 1954 short story by Irwin Shaw.
Production
At one stage, Orson Welles was going to direct the film.
It is also the first MGM film to open with the current roaring lion in the studio's logo.
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