The King of the Turf
Cast & Crew
James P. Hogan
George Irving
Patsy Ruth Miller
Kenneth Harlan
Al Roscoe
Kathleen Kirkham
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Synopsis
Col. Richard Fairfax, a courtly southern horsebreeder, is framed on the charge of embezzlement by Martyn Selsby, his business partner, and sentenced to jail. Selsby soon dies of apoplexy, first dictating a confession to exonerate Fairfax; Selsby's wife is afraid of scandal, however, and places the confession in a wall safe. Time passes. The colonel serves out his sentence and returns home in the company of four friends he has made in prison: John Doe Smith (a horsetrainer gone astray), Red Kelly, Soup Conley, and Dude Morlanti. Selsby's son, Tom, who is infatuated with the colonel's daughter, Kate, offers to give her his father's confession if she will marry him. Smith overhears this remark and with the help of his former cellmates recovers the confession. The colonel's name is cleared, and his horse, entered in an important race, wins a gold cup. Kate and John Doe hit it off just fine.
Director
James P. Hogan
Cast
George Irving
Patsy Ruth Miller
Kenneth Harlan
Al Roscoe
Kathleen Kirkham
Mary Carr
David Torrence
Dave Kirby
William Franey
Eddie Phillips
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