The Long Shot
5.8
69 minutes
1/6/1939
Overview
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.
Cast List
Gordon Jones
as Jeff Clayton
Marsha Hunt
as Martha Sharon
Harry Davenport
as Henry Sharon
C. Henry Gordon
as Lew Ralston
George Meeker
as Dell Baker
George E. Stone
as Danny Welch
Frank Darien
as Zeb Jenkins
Tom Kennedy
as Mike Claurens
Emerson Treacy
as Henry Knox
Gay Seabrook
as Helen Knox
Benny Burt
as Joe Popopopolis
Jimmy Robinson
as Tucky
Denmore Chief
as Certified Check
James Keefe
as Racing Announcer
Wilson Benge
as Groom
Dorothy Fay
as Betty Ralston
Earle Hodgins
as Collins
Wilbur Mack
as Bookmaker
Lee Phelps
Norman Phillips Jr.
as Jockey
Jason Robards Sr.
as Doctor
Claire Rochelle
as Nurse
Carl Meyer
as Jockey
Joe Hernandez
as Racing Announcer