LONG SHOT (1939) Gordon Jones, Marsha Hunt & C. Henry Gordon | Drama, Romance | B&W

Long Shot is a 1939 American horse racing film directed by Charles Lamont. The film is also known as The Long Shot.

SYNOPSIS
Henry Sharon is about to be ruined financially by rival stable owner Lew Ralston when he gets an idea to fake his own death. His prize horse Certified Check is bequeathed to niece Martha, a young woman Ralston had hoped to marry.

Henry Sharon is about to be ruined financially by rival stable owner Lew Ralston when he gets an idea to fake his own death. His prize horse Certified Check is bequeathed to niece Martha, a young woman Ralston had hoped to marry.

Martha and friend Jeff Clayton begin to enter Certified Check in races, but he always loses. Then they get a tip that the horse hates running near the rail.

Given an outside post, Certified Check has a legitimate shot to win the big stakes race at Santa Anita, but first he must be kept out of sight to keep Ralston from sabotaging his chances.

CAST & CREW
Gordon Jones as Jeff Clayton
Marsha Hunt as Martha Sharon
C. Henry Gordon as Lew Ralston
George Meeker as Dell Baker
Harry Davenport as Henry Sharon
George E. Stone as Danny Welch
Frank Darien as Zeb Jenkins
Tom Kennedy as Mike Claurens
Emerson Treacy as Henry Knox
Gay Seabrook as Helen Knox
Benny Burt as Joe Popopopolis
James Robinson as Tucky
Denmore Chief as Certified Check
Joe Hernandez as Racing Announcer
James Keefe as Racing Announcer

Directed by Charles Lamont
Written by Ewart Adamson (screenplay), Harry Beresford (original story) and George Callaghan (original story)
Produced by Charles Lamont, Franklyn Warner
Cinematography Arthur Martinelli
Edited by Bernard Loftus
Distributed by Grand National Pictures
Release date January 6, 1939
Running time 69 minutes
Country United States
Language English