Valued thoroughbred mare Southern Queen slips and falls in a mud puddle, breaking her leg. Before she is destroyed, she gives birth to Tommy Boy, who becomes the favorite of his owner, horse breeder Jim Rellence. Ultimately a reluctant Rellence is forced to sell the one-year old to a prominent sportsman, and Tommy enters the world of high stakes racing. He goes through a variety of owners, all of whom have their own selfish agenda for the horse. Ultimately he ends up with Ruby, the mistress of a murdered racketeer, who wants Tommy to fulfill his true potential as a stakes horse and enters him in the Kentucky Derby. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.0/10 | |
Released: | August 8, 1931 | |
Runtime: | 82 min | |
Genres: | Drama Romance Sport | |
Countries: | United States | |
Companies: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
Cast: | Clark Gable Madge Evans Ernest Torrence | |
Crew: | Willard Mack Charles Brabin Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | |
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