''Sporting Blood'' is a 1931 American

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directed by

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. The film stars

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(in his first starring role),

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, and

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. Two other pictures bore this same title, one released in 1916 by Fox and another by MGM in '' Sporting Blood'' (1940). Although they, too, centered on horse racing, none of the plots had any direct connection with the others.

Plot

Gambler Rid Riddell (

) works for Tip Scanlon (

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), a crooked gambler, who buys Tommy-Boy, a racehorse from a wealthy man (

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) whose spoiled wife (

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) loses interest. Tip and Rid consistently win with the horse in both honestly and dishonestly run races. But before long, Tommy Boy loses a race he wasn't supposed to, and the mob is after Tip. Tip is murdered but not before giving Tommy Boy to his girlfriend (

) who sets out to rehabilitate herself and the horse. The horse rebounds. After an attempt at sabotage, the horse wins the Kentucky Derby, and Rid wins the girl.

Cast

as Warren 'Rid' Riddell *

as Mr. Jim Rellence *

as Miss 'Missy' Ruby *

as Tip Scanlon *

as Angela 'Angie' Ludeking *

as Bill Ludeking *

J. Farrell MacDonald John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a four-decade career from 1911 to 1951, and directed fort ...

as MacGuire * John Larkin as Uncle Ben *

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as Sam 'Sammy' * Tommy Boy as Himself, a Horse

Box office

According to MGM records, the film earned $547,000 in the US and Canada and $346,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $148,000.

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Cast

Box office

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