Film · Drama
The Thoroughbred (1930)
In a Horse Or Man, What Makes a Thoroughbred?
Unemployed jockey Tod Taylor gets a huge break when he is hired by Matt Riley. Within weeks, Taylor is riding Riley's horses to a string of victories. Success and the limelight go right to the jockey's head. Big-time gambler Tom Drake hires a blonde sexpot to seduce Tod and introduce him to the roulette wheel. Showing off, he starts playing for stakes way over his head. With Drake holding a huge note that Tod can't possibly pay off, he delivers an ultimatum — lose the big race tomorrow or a police detective will be waiting at the finish line to arrest him for passing bad checks.
- Director
- Richard Thorpe
- Writers
- Jack Natteford
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- August 9, 1930
Cast
Wesley BarryTod Taylor
Judith BarrettColleen Riley
Pauline GaronMargie
Larry SteersTom Drake
Robert HomansRiley- Walter PerryDonovan
Onest ConleyHam Tolliver
Mildred WashingtonPurple Washington
Madame Sul-Te-WanSacharine
George ClevelandDetective
Clarence MuseStablehand
