''Run for the Roses'' (also known as ''The Thoroughbreds'') is a 1977 American
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
about horse-racing directed by
Henry Levin and starring
Vera Miles
Vera June Miles ( née Ralston, born August 23, 1929) is an American retired actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film '' Psycho'', reprising the role in the 1983 sequel '' Psycho II ...
,
Stuart Whitman
Stuart Maxwell Whitman (February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020) was an American actor, known for his lengthy career in film and television. Whitman was born in San Francisco and raised in New York until the age of 12, when his family relocated to ...
and Panchito Gómez.
Plot
A young boy named Juanito Hernandez befriends and nurses back to health a horse that undergoes an operation. When the horse recovers, owner Clarissa Stewart and her trainer, Charlie, come to believe Juanito's hunch that the recovered horse now has a good chance to win the
Kentucky Derby.
Cast
* Panchito Gómez as Juanito Hernandez
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Vera Miles
Vera June Miles ( née Ralston, born August 23, 1929) is an American retired actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film '' Psycho'', reprising the role in the 1983 sequel '' Psycho II ...
as Clarissa Stewart
*
Stuart Whitman
Stuart Maxwell Whitman (February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020) was an American actor, known for his lengthy career in film and television. Whitman was born in San Francisco and raised in New York until the age of 12, when his family relocated to ...
as Charlie
*
Henry Brandon as Jeff
*
Lisa Eilbacher
Lisa Marie Eilbacher (born May 5, 1956) is a retired American actress.
Early life
Lisa Marie Eilbacher was born in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, the daughter of an American oil company executive. She was raised in France. Her two siblings are also act ...
as Carol
*
Sam Groom
Samuel J. Groom is an American actor noted for his work on television.
Groom was born in Columbus, Ohio.
Groom portrayed Tom Eldridge in the CBS drama ''Our Private World'' (1965),. Following the cancellation of that prime-time serial, he rep ...
as Jim
* James Murphy as Eddie
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See also
* List of films about horse racing
The following is a list of films featuring horse racing.
List
See also
* List of films about horses
* List of highest grossing sports films
*List of sports films
References
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External links
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References
1977 films
1970s sports drama films
American sports drama films
American horse racing films
Films directed by Henry Levin
1977 drama films
1970s English-language films
1970s American films
English-language sports drama films
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