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But in the final classic of the season, the St Leger, the two are neck and neck and Sam clearly whips Georgie’s horse to urge it on and to win. He does this because he has realized that Georgie was trying to throw the race to avoid implicating Sam in the throwing of the early third race. Georgie felt
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On the third race and for his mother’s sake, Sam persuades Georgie to take a fall to throw the race but when Sam visits in the first aid area their connection is exposed. Sam faces another ban but Georgie’s staunch defence of his character to the stewards eventually leads to Sam having his license
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At a racetrack meeting banned former jockey Sam is checking the perimeter for illicit means of entry and a cheeky young boy, Georgie, shows him how to get in. Georgie show a penchant for horse riding and is befriended by Sam who encourages him to train as a jockey.
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shows he comes second. On his second race his mother steals £50 from her employer's safe and bets it on him to win. He comes first but a stewards’ inquiry wrongly disqualifies him and his mother loses the money.
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Sam’s actions of course mean he is finally banned from racing and after a final piece of illicit betting he retires to live with Georgie’s widowed mother, with the intention to buy his friend's sandwich van.
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wrote that, "It is, then, an entertaining film, a film in love with racing and yet not quite so devotedly so as to refrain from suggesting that in the running of the
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He is placed in the stables of Lord Logan at Newmarket. He shows much promise and Sam bets £100 on him to win. Georgie is impressive but a
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he had no choice as he was being threatened by Sam's bookmaker, but Sam doesn't want Georgie to ruin his career.
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felt that "a trite outcome mars this fairly entertaining film, which features real-life British racing figures
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A champion jockey, having forfeited his own career by taking a bribe, takes a young rider under his wing.
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noted that the film was "the first collaboration between Dearden and
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Classified - Picture Theatres - Odeon Leic. Sq. - The Rainbow Jacket
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Index


Basil Dearden
T.E.B. Clarke
Michael Balcon
Michael Relph
Kay Walsh
Bill Owen
Edward Underdown
Robert Morley
Honor Blackman
Otto Heller
Jack Harris
William Alwyn
Ealing Studios
General Film Distributors
drama film
Basil Dearden
Robert Morley
Kay Walsh
Bill Owen
Honor Blackman
Sid James
Ealing Studios
Michael Balcon
Michael Relph
Technicolor
art director
Thomas N. Morahan
Location shooting
London

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