The Long Shot (1939)
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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.
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Gordon JonesJeff Clayton
Marsha HuntMartha Sharon
Harry DavenportHenry Sharon
C. Henry GordonLew Ralston
George MeekerDell Baker
George E. StoneDanny Welch
Frank DarienZeb Jenkins
Tom KennedyMike Claurens
Emerson TreacyHenry Knox
Gay SeabrookHelen KnoxBenny BurtJoe PopopopolisJimmy RobinsonTuckyKeywords
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What is The Long Shot about?
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.
How long is The Long Shot?
The Long Shot has a runtime of 69 minutes.