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William Berke
Jean Parker
Russell Hayden
Raymond Hatton
Pamela Blake
Jo Ann Marlowe
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After Pop Miller's horse Briar is injured in a rodeo, he and his grandson Gary smuggle Briar away to prevent him from being shot. In a nearby town, Pop asks the minister, Reverend David Owens, for directions to a veterinarian. David informs them that the town has no veterinarian and offers them the use of his stable. After he determines that Briar's leg is not broken, David invites Gary and Pop to dinner at his house. David is a popular minister, but his church is badly in need of repair, and none of the townspeople are willing to contribute the funds to fix it. Wealthy widow Francis Crawford wishes to marry David, but although this would solve his financial problems, David, who is in love with Francis' niece Pamela, refuses to marry a woman he does not love. After Francis' daughter Sandy makes friends with Gary and Pop, Francis, who looks down on the Millers because they are poor, unsuccessfully tries to convince David to turn them away. When a grateful Pop learns that David needs money for the church, he joins a wild horse roundup and is badly injured. Pop requires specialized medical care, and David asks Francis to loan the Millers the money to pay for it. Francis agrees to make the loan if Briar is put up as security. When she sends her chauffeur Joe to fetch Briar, however, the horse runs away to Sandy's boarding school, and she hides him at her grandfather Crawford's house. Despite the best care, Pop dies. A despondent Gary is cheered to learn that Sandy has Briar, but points out that he has no way to repay her mother's loan and so will lose the horse in any case. Sandy suggests that they enter Briar in a sulky race in order to win the $5,000 prize. She collects the entry fee from her schoolmates, and her grandfather agrees to drive the sulky. Meanwhile, when Francis offers to save the church if David will marry her, he lectures her about her selfishness. Furious, Francis responds that she will never give the church any money. Later, Gary confides in David about his plans for the race. On the day of the race, Francis, who has learned Briar's whereabouts, sends Joe to retrieve the horse. David knocks Joe out before he can do so, and when Crawford proves to be too drunk to drive in the race, he takes over that job. Briar takes the lead early on, but just when he is on the verge of winning, David pulls him back, realizing that his injured leg cannot take the strain of racing. Things look bleak until Sandy delivers a note from Francis, who has had a change of heart, stating that she has paid the church debt. David and Pamela plan to marry and adopt Gary, and Sandy will be Briar's new owner.
Director
William Berke
Cast
Jean Parker
Russell Hayden
Raymond Hatton
Pamela Blake
Jo Ann Marlowe
James Conlin
Robert Dee "buzz" Henry
Jonathan Hale
George Tyne
Milton Parsons
Harry Carey Jr.
William Farnum
Elmo Lincoln
Andre Charlot
Jimmy Dodd
Crew
William Berke
William Berke
Arthur A. Brooks
Darrell Calker
David Chudnow
Robert Cowan
Samuel K. Decker
Jimmie Dodds
Jeanne Feintuch
Benjamin Kline
Robert L. Lippert
Hugh Mcdowell
Cy Roth
Seymour Roth
Edwin V. Westrate
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In this film, Jimmy Dodd is also billed onscreen as Jimmie Dodds, and actress Jo Ann Marlowe's name is misspelled "Jo Anne." Actor Harry Carey, Jr. made his motion picture debut in the film.
