Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
Racing right into your heart
ジャンル : コメディ, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 20分
演出 : Alfred E. Green
シノプシス
Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to the local jockeys, whose leader is the cocky but highly skilled Timmie Donovan. A young English gentleman comes to town convincing Donovan to ride his horse in a high stakes race.
After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money.
1929年10月、アメリカは株の大暴落で大恐慌時代に陥った。それまで自動車ディーラーとして成功を収めていたハワードは、最愛の息子を交通事故で亡くし、妻にも去られてしまった。そんな彼は1933年、運命的に出会った女性マーセラと結婚。そして、乗馬の愛好家である彼女に影響を受け、競馬の世界に傾倒していく。やがて、彼はカウボーイのスミスを調教師として雇う。スミスは“シービスケット”と呼ばれる小柄で気性の荒いサラブレッドの潜在能力に目を付け、その騎手として気の強い男ジョニー・ポラードを起用するのだった。
10人兄妹の末娘として生まれたミシェル・ペインは生後間もなく母を亡くすが、残された家族と助け合いながら育つ。ペイン家は調教師の父(サム・ニール)、そして兄妹のほとんどが騎手という競馬一家で、ミシェルも思春期を迎えるころには騎手を目指すように。やがてデビューを飾るミシェル(テリーサ・パーマー)だったが、落馬によって騎手生命にも関わる大けがを負ってしまう。
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