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The Long Shot
The Long Shot
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The Long Shot

1939
1h 9m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1939

Runtime

1h 9m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

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Storyline

A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 9m
Jan 6, 1939
Languages
English
Director
Charles Lamont
Charles Lamont
Production
Grand National Pictures
Grand National Pictures
Franklyn Warner Productions
Franklyn Warner Productions
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

24 Cast Members

Gordon Jones

Gordon Jones

Jeff Clayton

Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt

Martha Sharon

Harry Davenport

Harry Davenport

Henry Sharon

C. Henry Gordon

C. Henry Gordon

Lew Ralston

George Meeker

George Meeker

Dell Baker

George E. Stone

George E. Stone

Danny Welch

Frank Darien

Frank Darien

Zeb Jenkins

Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

Mike Claurens

Emerson Treacy

Emerson Treacy

Henry Knox

Gay Seabrook

Gay Seabrook

Helen Knox

Benny Burt

Joe Popopopolis

Jimmy Robinson

Tucky

Denmore Chief

Certified Check

James Keefe

Racing Announcer

Wilson Benge

Groom

Dorothy Fay

Dorothy Fay

Betty Ralston

Earle Hodgins

Earle Hodgins

Collins

Wilbur Mack

Wilbur Mack

Bookmaker

Lee Phelps

Lee Phelps

Norman Phillips Jr.

Jockey

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