Run for the Roses

Run for the Roses (1977)

Some Run for the Money! Some Run for the Glory! But it Takes a Champion to... Run For The Roses.

Juanito, a boy from Puerto Rico, finds himself in Kentucky and drawn to a thoroughbred horse. He believes the horse can win the Derby and eventually others around him start to think it's possible.

Date of release
1977-06-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama
Director
Henry Levin

Casting

Interesting facts

Run for the Roses is a 1977 American drama film about horse-racing directed by Henry Levin and starring Vera Miles, Stuart Whitman and Panchito Gómez.

Production

It was the first English language film from Pan American Films, the company owned by Maple Lawn Farm horseman Mario Crespo, the film's executive producer. He specialised making Spanish language films in South America and Puerto Rico. Reportedly Crespo also made pornographic films.

The movie was originally going to be shot in the Dominican Republic but it was decided to film it in Kentucky after the formation of the Kentucky Film Commission (this was the first movie shot in the state after the formation of the commission).

Filming started October 11, 1976, in Lexington, Kentucky, under the title The Thoroughbreds. Filming took four weeks with post production in Mexico. Most of the technicians were Spanish.

The film cost less than $500,000 with finance being raised from Lexington citizens. Henry Levin had made April Love in Lexington 19 years earlier.

The film was meant to star Ida Lupino but she dropped out shortly after filming began, having contracted the flu, and was replaced by Vera Miles. Locations used include Spindletop Farm, Keeneland and Camulet Farm.

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