Thoroughbred (1936)
Drama
Romance
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Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) is a Canadian, adopted by Ma Dawson (Nellie Ferguson), a struggling horse breeder and trainer. Joan thinks "legs don't make a race horse, it's blood", and so she buys an unwanted thoroughbred colt called Stormalong. Helped by Ma's son Tommy Dawson (Frank Leighton), Joan restores the horse to health and fitness, and soon enough the horse is winning race after race, becoming a favourite for the Melbourne Cup.
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Cast
Helen Twelvetrees
Joan
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Frank Leighton
Tommy Dawson
John Longden
Bill Peel
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Nellie Barnes
Judy Cross
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Elaine Hamill
Linda
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Ron Whelan
Genna
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Les Warton
Grafter
Harold Meade
Sir Russell Peel
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Nellie Ferguson
Ma Dawson
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George Lloyd
Sleepyfeet
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Lynton Moore
Hops Warton
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John D’Arcy
Jack Dent
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Alf Stanton
Midget Martin
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Jack Settle
Honest Herman
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Pearl Hellmrich
Mrs. Dinwiddle