The Long Shot (1939)
A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.
Released: Jan 06, 1939
Runtime: 69 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Gordon Jones, Marsha Hunt, Harry Davenport, C. Henry Gordon, George Meeker, George E. Stone
Crew: Charles Lamont (Director), Ewart Adamson (Screenplay), Harry Beresford (Story), George Callahan (Story)