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The Thoroughbred (1928)

The Thoroughbred poster
Directed by
Sidney Morgan
Genre
drama film, silent film, sport film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 04m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A jockey faces pressure to lose a big horse race. The story is about his dilemma.

old-fashionedquietdramaticstraightforwardsilentunderstatedtense

What happens

The Thoroughbred is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Ian Hunter, Louise Prussing and Richard Barclay. It was made at Twickenham Studios. The screenplay concerns a jockey who is pressured to throw The Derby. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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