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Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)

Tip on a Dead Jockey poster
Directed by
Richard Thorpe
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former pilot in post-war Europe gets drawn into a risky smuggling scheme. He must navigate dangerous people and his own moral doubts.

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What happens

Tip on a Dead Jockey is a 1957 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor and Dorothy Malone. It is based on The New Yorker 1954 short story by Irwin Shaw. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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