Thoroughbred

Name: Thoroughbred
Released: 1936
Rating: 38.33
Cast: John Longden, Helen Twelvetrees, Elaine Hamill, Ron Whelan, Frank Leighton

1936

Drama, Crime

1h 18m

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.

Thoroughbred

1936

Drama, Crime

1h 18m

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Rated 08 Oct 2018

Helen Twelvetrees seeing her spell in Hollywood dry-up does the unusual and travels to Australia for a movie gig. A rare time when a Hollywood star was brought Down Under during the classic era. Thoroughbred (1936), not to be confused with the Canadian movie of the same name which came out around the same time, was a real poor attempt at anything exciting about horses. Production wise this was amateur hour, and apart from Twelvetrees, the screen presence wasn't anything to brag about.

Rated 08 Oct 2018

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