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A Great Coup (1919)

A Great Coup poster
Directed by
George Dewhurst
Genre
drama film, silent film, crime film, sport film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A racehorse owner faces a crisis when his jockey is sabotaged before a big race. He must find a way to compete anyway.

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What happens

A Great Coup is a 1919 British silent sports film directed by George Dewhurst and Walter West and starring Stewart Rome, Poppy Wyndham and Gregory Scott. It was based on a novel by Nat Gould. The film is about a racehorse owner who decides to race his best horse in a major race meeting after his jockey is nobbled by the opposition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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