The Long Shot (1939)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 9分
演出 : Charles Lamont
脚本 : Ewart Adamson
シノプシス
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.
あるニューヨークの競馬場。人気No.1の競走馬・ワシントンが優勝。しかし、騎手はルパンであり、麻酔銃で眠らせるという姑息な手を使っていたため、銭形には正体を見破られていた。もちろん、ルパンはワシントンとその競走馬に賭けて大金を手に入れた次元と共に競馬場を逃走した・・・、という6日後に行うその競馬場の売上金の強奪計画の完璧なシミュレーションをある宿舎で立てたルパン。前祝だと街へと繰り出し、途中用事を思い出した次元と別れたとルパンは、怪しげな男たちに追われている少女・ミシェルを助ける。彼女はルパンに悪事を働いている父親・ガズ・キューイックからダイヤ「女神の涙」を奪い、悪事を阻止してほしいという依頼を受ける。6日後には競馬場の金、上手くすればダイヤも手に入るかもしれないとふんだルパンは彼女の依頼を受けることにする。
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