Atta Boy's Last Race
Cast & Crew
George Siegmann
Dorothy Gish
Keith Armour
Carl Stockdale
Adele Clifton
Loyola O'connor
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Lois Brandon loves Jim Spencer, a racehorse owner, but she will not marry him. Her father committed suicide because of racing debts, and so Lois hates the racetrack atmosphere. Jim vows to leave the business after winning one more race, and he sells his horses to Jarvis Johnson, betting the money on Atta Boy, who breaks down in the stretch. Lois claims Atta Boy and nurses him back to health, then enters him in a race without knowing that it has been "fixed" by Johnson. At the last minute, Lois finds out about the fix and yells to Jim to switch his bets to Johnson's horse. Atta Boy manages to win, but Jim had not heard Lois' warning to change his bet, and so he wins enough to leave the track forever.
Director
George Siegmann
Cast
Dorothy Gish
Keith Armour
Carl Stockdale
Adele Clifton
Loyola O'connor
Fred A. Turner
Tom Wilson
Joe Neery
Film Details
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Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The working title of this film was The Best Bet. Raymond Jerome Binder was originally slated to star in the film. According to a news item, over 2,000 extras were engaged for the racetrack scenes, along with six racehorses and jockeys from Tijuana racetracks. The racing scenes were shot at Exposition Park in Los Angeles and in San Francisco, and other exteriors were shot at the California State Fair and Sacramento.
