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Thoroughbred is a film of genre Drama directed by Ken G. Hall with Helen Twelvetrees
Thoroughbred (1936)
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Add to a movie listThoroughbred is a 1936 Australian race-horse drama movie directed by Ken G. Hall, partly based on the life and career of Phar Lap. Hollywood star Helen Twelvetrees was imported to Australian to appear in the film.
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A Canadian horse trainer, Joan, is the adopted daughter of horse trainer and breeder Ma Dawson. She buys an unwanted thoroughbred colt named Stormalong. Joan nurses the horse back to health with the help of Ma's son Tommy, and Stormalong starts to win races. He becomes the favourite to win the Melbourne Cup which attracts the interest of a gambling syndicate who try to dope the horse and kill it in a stable fire. They then kidnap Tommy prior to the race.Actors
Helen Twelvetrees
(Joan)
John Longden
(Bill Peel)
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