Down the Stretch (1927)

Against the wishes of his mother, Marty Kruger becomes a jockey, like his father, and soon gains an outstanding reputation. He joins the Tupper stables and, despite the tyranny of trainer Hippo Devlin, finds happiness in his work and falls in love with Katie Kelly, a lunchroom waitress. They are engaged at the time Marty is laid up by an accident, and as he returns to the track overweight, Devlin forces him to reduce to the point of endangering his health. "Silk" Conlon, representing betting interests, wants the Tupper entry to lose the race and tries to bribe Marty into eating a square meal; but he refuses for fear of disgrace, and though he wins the race, he faints from weakness. Tupper thrashes the trainer and fires him, and when Marty and Katie are married, Marty is made Devlin's successor.

Data di uscita
1927-05-29
Durata
1 h 10 min
Generi
Dramma
Regista
King Baggot

Cast

Curiosità

Down the Stretch è un film muto del 1927 diretto da King Baggot. La sceneggiatura di Curtis Benton si basa sul racconto The Money Rider di Gerald Beaumont pubblicato su Red Book nell'agosto 1924. Prodotto e distribuito dalla Universal Pictures, il film aveva come interpreti Robert Agnew, Marian Nixon, Virginia True Boardman, Lincoln Plumer, Jack Dougherty, Ward Crane, Ben Hall, Otis Harlan, Ena Gregory.

Produzione

Il film fu prodotto dall'Universal Pictures.

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