Boots Malone (1952)
The story of a boy who left home... and a stumble bum who never had one!
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 42M
Director : William Dieterle
Escritor : Milton Holmes
Sinopse
An agent for horse jockeys faces his greatest challenge.
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.
Ao viajar com seu pai, o jovem Alec fica fascinado por um misterioso garanhão árabe que é trazido para bordo e empatado no navio em que ele está navegando. Quando afunda tragicamente, ele e o cavalo sobrevivem apenas para ficarem presos em uma ilha deserta. Ele faz amizade com ele, então quando finalmente resgatados, ambos retornam para sua casa, onde logo encontram Henry Dailey, um treinador que já foi um sucesso. Juntos, eles começam a treinar o cavalo para correr contra os mais rápidos do mundo.
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up with him. This is also the ideal opportunity for lots of lavatorial jokes...
Uma mulher e seu marido tiram férias separadas e ela se apaixona por outro homem.
Harry Valentini (Danny DeVito) e Moe Dickinstein (Joe Piscopo) são dois integrantes da máfia. Quando eles falham numa tarefa de eliminar um gangster rival, recebem a missão de assassinar um ao outro.
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
A blonde seduces a quirky liquor-store worker as inspiration for her artist boyfriend.
Casey's family raises and trains race horses, and their latest undersized foal named Casey's Shadow does not seem to have a lot going for it, but may turn out to be a champion.
As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies from his injuries. His friend Alan York suspects the animal was doped by unscrupulous bookies and starts to investigate. He doesn't know how serious his opponents are, and that he's in danger to suffer the exact same fate as his friend.
Nascidos em uma família de corredores, os irmãos Damien e Jason seguem os mesmos passos da pai para participarem da famosa corridas de cavalos, a Copa Melbourne. Mas quando seu irmão morre, Damien luta para superar a perda e focar no campeonato.
RACETRACK is about the Belmont Race Track, one of the world's leading race tracks for thoroughbred racing. The film highlights the training, maintaining and racing of thoroughbred horses. Everyday occurrences are shown: in the backstretch — the grooming, feeding, shoeing, and caring for horses and the preparation for races; at the practice track the various aspects of training, exercising, and timing the horses; at the paddock — the pre-race presentation of the horses; and in the grandstand — betting and watching the races. The film also has sequences showing the variety of work done by trainers, jockeys, jockey agents, grooms, hot walkers, stable hands, and veterinarians.
George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
A former jockey teaches a newcomer the dirty tricks of the track.
Conta a história de um cavalo criado em um jokey club, mas certo dia de ação de graças, ele se revolta, uma maldição entra em si, e as tragédias começam a acontecer.
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.
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.
In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning.