Favorite (1976)
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Alan York is a race horse jockey who sees his friend and chief rival jockey fall to his death during a steeplechase race. Alan knows it could not have been an accident. He pursues clues while meeting a lovely young lady and her fascinating uncle, until he finally discovers why his friend died... and why he is next to die.
- Date of release
- 1976-06-01
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Genres
- Mystery
- Director
- Vasile Brescanu
Casting
- Arnis Līcītis — Alan York
- Ion Ungureanu — Lodge
- Mara Zvaigzne — Kat
- Gediminas Karka — Uncle George Penn
- Elza Radziņa — Aunty Debb Penn
- Aleksandr Snykov — Joe Nantvich
- Jonas Vaitekaitis — Sandy Mason
- Romualdas Ramanauskas — Dan Hillman
- Ints Burans — Colonel Davidson
- Yuri Khasso — Glenn
Interesting facts
- Based on: Dead Cert
- Filmed in: Riga
The Favorite is a two-part film based on the 1962 detective novel of British writer Dick Francis, Dead Cert. For the first time the Soviet Central Television was demonstrated on 13 and 14 September 1977.
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