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In Old Kentucky (1935)

In Old Kentucky poster
Directed by
George Marshall
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two feuding families try to settle their argument by having a horse race. The film follows the comedic events that unfold as the race approaches.

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What happens

In Old Kentucky is a 1935 American comedy film starring Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson and Russell Hardie. Two feuding families decide to settle a dispute with a horse race. It was Rogers' last film and was released posthumously after he was killed in a plane crash on August 15, 1935. The picture's supporting cast features Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as Wash Jackson. The film was released by 20th Century Fox. It was filmed on location on two sites in Thousand Oaks, California: Deerwood Stock Farm and Borchard Ranch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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