
Film
The Long Shot
1939 · 1h 9m · Drama
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- 5.8
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Overview
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.
Cast

Gordon Jones
Jeff Clayton

Marsha Hunt
Martha Sharon

Harry Davenport
Henry Sharon

C. Henry Gordon
Lew Ralston

George Meeker
Dell Baker

George E. Stone
Danny Welch

Frank Darien
Zeb Jenkins

Tom Kennedy
Mike Claurens

Emerson Treacy
Henry Knox

Gay Seabrook
Helen Knox
Benny Burt
Joe Popopopolis
Jimmy Robinson
Tucky
Denmore Chief
Certified Check
James Keefe
Racing Announcer
Wilson Benge
Groom

Dorothy Fay
Betty Ralston
Crew
- Charles LamontDirector
- Ewart AdamsonScreenplay
- George CallahanStory
- Harry BeresfordStory
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 6, 1939
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Drama
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