Flying Fifty-Five (1939)
장르 : 드라마
상영시간 : 1시간 8분
연출 : Reginald Denham
시놉시스
Bill Urquhart, a young wastrel disinherited by his father, tries to get a job as a jockey – just about the only thing he’s really good at. His name and position work against him, however, so he adopts an alias and prevails upon the charity of a drunken friend Charles Barrington, through whom he meets Stella Barrington - who has not only inherited her father’s racing stables but also his debts. Still incognito, he takes on the job of stable lad for Stella but little does she realise that he could be the man to finally put an end to her money worries forever.
Riley and Donovan, racehorse owners and trainers who have been rivals and enemies for years, seek to befriend Tod Taylor, a jockey, and Ham, a retainer. Tod elects to work for Riley, incurring the enmity of rival jockeys. Riley's daughter, Colleen, sympathizes with Tod and cares for his bruises. Trying to befriend Donovan, Tod wins a match between Riley's colt, Reckless, and Donovan's best horse; and many more victories bolster his confidence. His head is turned by Margie, a come-on girl for Drake, a gambler. She precipitates his dissipation, and Tod is induced to throw the race to avoid a jail sentence.
The slightly chubby harness racer Bjarte doesn't get the good horses anymore, and is forced to enter the criminal path in order to keep menacing creditors at bay. A fatal choice of partners ends up in a failed doping attempt, and a consequent kidnapping of the top horse Berlusconi.
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인생의 끝바닥을 살고 있는 제리(벤 멘델슨)는 어느 날 포커 테이블에 새로 앉은 커티스(라이언 레이놀즈)를 만나게 된다. 그리고 커티스에게 모든 것을 잃고 마는 제리. 그날 밤 바에서 또다시 만난 두 사람은 의기 투합하게 되고, 제리는 커티스의 집에서 묶게 된다. 그리고 다음 날 아침 커티스에게 연락을 받은 제리는 경주견 대회에서 큰 돈을 따게 된다. 오랜만에 맛보는 큰 승리, 하지만 그것도 커티스와 헤어진 후 강도를 만나게 되고 제리는 강한 운의 정체가 제리라고 믿게 된다. 그리고 커티스에게 포커게임 대회에 출전하자는 제의를 하는 제리. 그렇게 두 사람은 일확천금을 꿈꾸며, 화려한 도박 여행을 떠나게 된다.
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