Kentucky Blue Streak
Cast & Crew
Raymond K. Johnson
Eddie Nugent
Junior Coghlan
Patricia Scott
Connie Keefe
Margaret Mann
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Mary Bradley leaves her family's farm in Cloverdale, Kentucky to visit her brother Johnny, a jockey, in San Francisco. Their reunion is interrupted by Harry Johnson, who tries to convince Johnny to ride in the illegal race at the Pagona fair. After Mary and Johnny learn that the colt Mary brought to California to sell has broken a leg, Johnny agrees to go along with Harry's scheme. After Harry is shot, Johnny is arrested on the belief that he wanted to stop Harry from blackmailing him. Although he is innocent, Johnny agrees to a plea bargain under the alias Barnsdale so that he will not disgrace his family. A reporter, Marty Marion, who is investigating the racetrack rackets, helps Johnny obtain a work release. Meanwhile in Kentucky, Mary prepares to enter her horse, Blue Streak, in the Kentucky Derby. With the family farm already heavily mortgaged, Mary appeals to District Attorney Barton Pierce to pay the race entrance fee. Johnny reads about the approaching Derby and escapes prison to attend the race, but Marty has anticipated Johnny's reaction. In Kentucky, Marty gains admittance to a Derby ball, and when Barton sees Marty with Mary, he becomes jealous. Later, to increase his horse's odds, Barton spreads a rumor that Johnny will be his jockey for the Derby, but plans to have him arrested before the race begins. On the day of the race, Marty discovers Barton's scheme and is able to stop him. Johnny rides Blue Streak to a first-place finish, and Marty shows him a telegram sent from California. Harry's murderer has confessed, and Marty tells Johnny he may keep the telegram as the first memento from his future brother-in-law.
Director
Raymond K. Johnson
Cast
Eddie Nugent
Junior Coghlan
Patricia Scott
Connie Keefe
Margaret Mann
Roy D'arcy
Ben Holmes
Harry Harvey
Roger Williams
Jos. Girard
Walter Downing
Ben Carter's Colored Octette
Roy Watson
Al Corporal
Dave Gross
Genevieve Williams
Nate Slott
Joe Schilling
Ben Carter
Ken Broker
Frank Meredith
Clifford Holland
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
According to Hollywood Reporter, much of the photography was done with a camera designed by Irving Akers. Race track location shooting was done at Santa Anita, CA. The picture's screen credits list C. C. Burr Productions as copyright holder, although copyright records list Puritan Pictures Corp. as the copyright claimant.
