The Thoroughbred (1928 film)
Appearance
The Thoroughbred | |
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Directed by | Sidney Morgan |
Written by | Sidney Morgan |
Produced by | Sidney Morgan |
Starring | Ian Hunter Louise Prussing Richard Barclay Harry Agar Lyons |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date | December 1928 |
Running time | 5,608 feet[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Thoroughbred is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Ian Hunter, Louise Prussing and Richard Barclay. It was made at Twickenham Studios. The screenplay concerns a jockey who is pressured to throw The Derby.
Premise
The wife of a Member of Parliament pressures a jockey to throw The Derby.[2]
Cast
References
- ^ Low p.463
- ^ British Film Institute. "The Thoroughbred | BFI | British Film Institute". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
Bibliography
- Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
Categories:
- 1928 films
- British films
- British drama films
- British sports films
- British silent feature films
- 1920s drama films
- 1920s sports films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Sidney Morgan
- Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios
- Films set in England
- Films set in London
- Horse racing films
- British black-and-white films
- 1920s British film stubs
- Sports film stubs