A Day at the Races (1937), Kaminey (2009), Seabiscuit (2003), National Velvet (1944), Phar Lap (1983), The Rocking Horse Winner (1949), Secretariat (2010), Tais-toi! (2003) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Jockey movies.
Storyline: Someone has shot and killed Lowe Hammle and everyone at his 22 room apartment is a suspect. The reasons are as varied as the number of people there. There is Dr. Garden, whose son Floyd was killed at the track in a mysterious way which is thought to be a suicide. There is Mrs. Fenwicke-Ralston who was supposed to complete a deal on a horse. There is the blackmailing Nurse Beeton and the niece Zalia, who knows that Uncle is trying to break up her relationship with Woode. Since there is no powder marks on the body, Vance knows that it is murder and believes that a woman did the job. But he has to find the killer and the motive.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: based on novel, police, party, mother son relationship, millionaire, marriage proposal, maid ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Mr. Mason is a salesman at Detridge & Frome who wants to advertise their line of riding clothes. Since they have the rights to famous jockey Peter Randall, who is in Australia, Peter will impersonate him at the Steeple Chase. At the event, he is invited to a party by Cora and sees young Ellen. Since all Ellen and Peter have in common is horses, he continues the charade to woo her. But two gamblers named Maxie and Duke, try to make money on the race by fixing him up with the wild 'Jeepers Creepers'. That horse can jump high and run like the wind, but he will only calm down enough to be ridden when Gabriel plays his trumpet.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: jockey, impersonation, hitchhiker, falling off horse, explosion, department store, aunt ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Max Clemington (Robert Cummings) and his father are both looking to marry wealthy women. The task would be far easier if either one of them had any money of their own. Max decides on Martha Gray (Ruth Hussey), but Martha says no when he says that he is poor as she admits she is also. So she accepts the proposal of Sir George Kelvin (Reginald Owen), but changes her mind by the next day. When Florian Clemington (Nigel Bruce) tries to win money gambling for Max's wedding, he loses a bundle. When Max finds out about the debt, he decides to marry the wealthy Lady Joan Culver (Dame Judith Anderson) to keep Florian out of jail. But Max is not in love with Lady Joan.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: based on play, chase, marriage proposal, american, london england, fortune hunter, wager ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Heart problems force Boston cop Pally LaMarr to retire; he's in a funk and his wife Charlotte sends him packing. At Charlotte's insistence, Pally's half-brother Ray pays Pally a visit and suggests he buy a race horse to cheer up. Ray's always playing the angles, and he's got his eye on a horse that's cheap because it's been misdiagnosed. Ray knows the horse is a champion. Before they can win some money, a local mob boss, Frank Finnigan, sees the horse and steals it as payment for the gambling debt of Tony, a local jockey and single parent. Can Pally and Ray get the horse back, get Tony out of hock, and win some moola? What about Charlotte: can Pally let his heart take the lead?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: mob boss, horse thief, horse racing, horse race, heart disease, heart attack, goatee ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A man turns to a life of crime to pay for his niece's tuition for her first year at a prestigious university. His girlfriend also wants him to pay $30,000 for the down payment on a house; and his buddy is a bad influence on him.
Plot Keywords: financial problem, father figure, father daughter relationship, falling from height, fair, employer employee relationship, dumpster ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's (Ian Hogg's) horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies from his injuries. His friend Alan York (Scott Antony) suspects the animal was doped by unscrupulous bookies and starts to investigate. He doesn't know how serious his opponents are, and that he's in danger to suffer the same fate as his friend.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Plot Keywords: horse, horse race, jockey, female nudity, murder, car crash, crooked cop ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After his work partner is murdered, a gung-ho insurance claims investigator teams with a new female investigator to uncover a massive, homicidal fraud the company seems to be perpetrating on its biggest clients.
Plot Keywords: gay bar, explosion, motorcycle, performer, fired, costume, rope ...
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