Racetrack (film)
Racetrack is a 1933 American pre-Code drama directed by James Cruze and starring Leo Carrillo, Junior Coughlan and Kay Hammond. This film is now considered lost.
| Racetrack | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James Cruze |
| Written by | Walter Lang, Douglas Doty, Wells Root, J. Walter Ruben |
| Produced by | Samuel Zierler |
| Starring | Leo Carrillo Junior Coughlan Kay Hammond |
| Cinematography | Charles Schoenbaum |
| Edited by | Rose Loewinger |
Production company | James Cruze Productions |
| Distributed by | Sono Art-World Wide Pictures Fox Film Corporation |
Release date | February 25, 1933 |
Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
Horse racing bookmaker Joe Tomasso (Leo Carrillo) becomes involved with homeless waif Jackie Curtis (Junior Coughlan) whose mother abandoned him some years before. Tomasso acts as the young boy's unofficial guardian and agrees to allow him to become a jockey with the stipulation that all his races must be honest ones. Jackie's mother Myra shows up and wants them to be a family again. She becomes upset over her son's involvement in the sport of racing. Tomasso deliberately creates a situation to drive a wedge between himself and Jackie so that the youth will return to his mother.[1]
Cast edit
- Leo Carrillo as Joe Tomasso
- Junior Coughlan as Jackie Curtis
- Kay Hammond as Myra Curtis
- Lee Moran as Horseface
- Huntley Gordon as Attorney
- Wilfred Lucas as Mr. Ryan
- Joseph W. Girard as Judge
References edit
- ^ "Racetrack". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
External links edit
- Racetrack at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Racetrack at IMDb
- Racetrack at AllMovie
- Racetrack at the TCM Movie Database