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Silks and Saddles (1936)

THE FASTEST, FUNNIEST, RACING PICTURE YOU'VE EVER SEEN!

Genre : Action, Comedy, Romance

Runtime : 1H 3M

Director : Robert F. Hill

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Jimmy Shay
Toby Wing
Toby Wing
Marion Braddock / Jane Smith
Fuzzy Knight
Fuzzy Knight
Bottsie Botsworth
Trixie Friganza
Trixie Friganza
Aunt Agatha Braddock
Frank Melton
Frank Melton
Les Winters
Robert McClung
Robert McClung
T. Midge Connolly
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
Les Winters' Date
Roy Thompson
Roy Thompson
Trainer
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
Henchman
William Buchanan
William Buchanan
Gambler
Flash the Horse
Flash the Horse
Lightning Lad

Crews

Robert F. Hill
Robert F. Hill
Director
William Buchanan
William Buchanan
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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