
During the Civil War, two of the oldest families in Kentucy,the Dillons and the Goodwins, begin a long and bitter feud that has lasted into 1938. When Jack Dillon refuses to enter his father's banking business he,under an assumed name, gets a job as a trainer in Sally Goodwin's stables. A romance develops between them. When Sally's father dies, the entire estate---including the horses---has to be sold at auction to pay his debts. A note turns up left by Sally's father that ac... (Full plot summary below)
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During the Civil War, two of the oldest families in Kentucy,the Dillons and the Goodwins, begin a long and bitter feud that has lasted into 1938. When Jack Dillon refuses to enter his father's banking business he,under an assumed name, gets a job as a trainer in Sally Goodwin's stables. A romance develops between them. When Sally's father dies, the entire estate---including the horses---has to be sold at auction to pay his debts. A note turns up left by Sally's father that according to a wager made between him and the elder Dillon, any one horse in the Dillon stable can be claimed by the Goodwins. Complications arise when Sally finds out that Jack is a Dillon.
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| User ReviewMichael TColorful but predictable horse racing nonsense; Brennan won an Oscar for playing yet another grizzled, grouchy old man. |
| User ReviewJoel AAn early technicolor film that is basically Romeo & Juliet set at the Kentucky Derby..this film landed Walter Brennan his first Oscar. It's a little bit sentimental & other than Brennan's performance the other actors are quite wooden. The film features to many dialogue sequences & fails to capture any excitement of horse racing what so ever. It's no to bad but nothing gripping... |