Down the Stretch (1936)
A jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race.
Top billed cast
Mickey RooneySnapper Sinclair
Patricia EllisPatricia Barrington
Willie BestNoah
Dennis MooreCliff Barrington
Virginia BrissacAunt Julia
Gordon HartJudge Adams
Mary TreenNurse
Bill ElliottRobert Bates
Charles C. WilsonTex Reardon
Joseph CrehanC.D. Burch
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