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Under My Skin (1950)

Under My Skin poster
Directed by
Jean Negulesco
Genre
drama film, sport film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A jockey wins a race he was supposed to lose. This puts him in danger with a mobster who threatens him.

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What happens

Under My Skin is a 1950 American sports drama film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring John Garfield and Micheline Presle. It is based on the 1923 short story "My Old Man" by Ernest Hemingway about a jockey who is threatened by a mobster after winning a race that he had agreed to throw. The Hemingway story was later adapted for the 1979 CBS television film My Old Man, starring Kristy McNichol, Warren Oates and Eileen Brennan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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