The Long Shot (1939)

Name: The Long Shot
Genre: Drama
Released: 1939-01-06
Duration: 69 min
Cast: Gordon Jones, Marsha Hunt, Harry Davenport, C. Henry Gordon, George Meeker

A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.

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Released 1939-01-06 · 69 min · Drama

Directed by Charles Lamont

Cast

Gordon Jones as Jeff Clayton
Marsha Hunt as Martha Sharon
Harry Davenport as Henry Sharon
C. Henry Gordon as Lew Ralston
George Meeker as Dell Baker
George E. Stone as Danny Welch
Frank Darien as Zeb Jenkins
Tom Kennedy as Mike Claurens
Emerson Treacy as Henry Knox
Gay Seabrook as Helen Knox
Benny Burt as Joe Popopopolis
Jimmy Robinson as Tucky
Denmore Chief as Certified Check
James Keefe as Racing Announcer
Wilson Benge as Groom