Sporting Blood
1931 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Valued thoroughbred mare Southern Queen slips and falls in a mud puddle, breaking her leg. Before she is destroyed, she gives birth to Tommy Boy, who becomes the favorite of his owner, horse breeder Jim Rellence. Ultimately a reluctant Rellence is forced to sell the one-year old to a prominent sportsman, and Tommy enters the world of high stakes racing. He goes through a variety of owners, all of whom have their own selfish agenda for the horse. Ultimately he ends up with Ruby, the mistress of a murdered racketeer, who wants Tommy to fulfill his true potential as a stakes horse and enters him in the Kentucky Derby.
Direction Charles Brabin
Cast Clark Gable · Ernest Torrence · Madge Evans · Lew Cody · Marie Prevost · Hallam Cooley · J. Farrell MacDonald · John Larkin · Eugene Jackson · Tommy Boy · Charles Curtis
Soundtrack William Axt · Hugo Frey
Screenplay Charles Brabin · Willard Mack · Wanda Tuchock · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Cinematography Harold Rosson
Original title Sporting Blood
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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