Silks and Saddles (1936)
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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.
- Date of release
- 1936-12-14
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 3m
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Robert F. Hill
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Silks and Saddles is a 1936 American sports comedy film directed by Robert F. Hill starring Bruce Bennett, Toby Wing and Fuzzy Knight. It was one of a number of films he made for producer Sam Katzman. It was partly shot at the Pomona Racetrack.
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