''The Winner's Circle'' is a 1948 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-g ...

directed by

Felix E. Feist Felix Ellison Feist (; February 28, 1910 – September 2, 1965) was an American film and television director and writer born in New York City. He is probably best remembered for ''Deluge'' (1933), for writing and directing the film noirs ''The ...

and written by Howard J. Green and Leonard Praskins. The film stars

Jean Willes Jean Willes (born Jean Donahue; April 15, 1923 – January 3, 1989) was an American film and television actress. She appeared in approximately 65 films in her 38-year career. Early years Willes was born Jean Donahue In Los Angeles. She spent pa ...

, Morgan Farley,

Johnny Longden John Eric "Johnny" Longden (February 14, 1907 – February 14, 2003) was an American Hall of Fame and National Champion jockey and a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. His father emigrated to Can ...

, Robert S. Howard, William Gould and

John Beradino John Beradino (born Giovanni Berardino, May 1, 1917 – May 19, 1996) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball and an actor. Known as Johnny Berardino during his baseball career, he was also credited during his acting career as John Ber ...

. It was released on June 8, 1948 by

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...

Plot

A new foal on Colonel Waldron's horse farm has him feeling nostalgic for great thoroughbreds of old. Another racehorse owner, Robert Howard, would like to buy the young colt, but young Jean Trent, daughter of stable owner Tom Trent, persuades the colonel to sell the horse to her. Jean names the colt Teacher's Pet and is not discouraged when its practice times are very slow. But when the horse throws jockey

in a race at Santa Anita, her father insists that Teacher's Pet be sold. Howard buys the colt from the heartbroken girl. After the horse's times fail to improve, Jean sells everything she owns and begs Howard to sell Teacher's Pet back to her. Her trainer Gus believes that the horse will fare better racing at longer distances, and when Longden is convinced to ride him one more time, Teacher's Pet races to victory.

Cast

as Jean Trent * Morgan Farley as Gus *

as Johnny Longden *Robert S. Howard as Bob Howard * William Gould as Tom Trent *

as Trainer *Frank Dae as Col. Waldron * Joe Hernandez as Racetrack Announcer * Elliott Lewis as Narrator

References

External links

* 1948 films 20th Century Fox films American drama films 1948 drama films Films directed by Felix E. Feist American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-drama-film-stub