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''King of the Turf'' is a 1939 American
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Plot

Jim Mason was once a distinguished figure in the sport of horse racing, but his reputation was ruined by a crooked race that caused the death of a horse and a jockey. He becomes an alcoholic and a drifter, forgotten by all. On a freight train, hopping a free ride, Mason runs into a young runaway boy called Goldie, who has experience as a stable boy. As they become friends, Goldie helps him to give up drinking. They attend a horse auction where, due to a technicality, they are able to buy a horse for just two dollars. Goldie rides the horse successfully in races, with Mason training him. But when the boy's mother, Eve Barnes, turns up looking for him, Mason realizes to his astonishment that Eve is his ex-wife, making Goldie his own son. At her behest, Mason spares him from a risky future in horse racing by pretending to revert to his previous corrupt and drunken ways. Goldie refuses, however, to deliberately lose the big race as the crooked gamblers demand.


Cast

* Adolphe Menjou as Mason * Roger Daniel as Goldie * Dolores Costello as Eve * William Demarest as Arnold


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1939 films American black-and-white films 1939 drama films Films directed by Alfred E. Green American drama films Films produced by Edward Small 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub