The Long Shot
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A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.
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Gordon Jones
Jeff Clayton
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A Foreign Affair
Marsha Hunt
Martha Sharon
Known for
Johnny Got His Gun
Raw Deal
Harry Davenport
Henry Sharon
Known for
Meet Me in St. Louis
Foreign Correspondent
C. Henry Gordon
Lew Ralston
Known for
Scarface
Mata Hari
George Meeker
Dell Baker
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
High Sierra
George E. Stone
Danny Welch
Known for
Some Like It Hot
Perry Mason
Frank Darien
Zeb Jenkins
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
The Woman on the Beach
Tom Kennedy
Mike Claurens
Known for
Monkey Business
Pack Up Your Troubles
Emerson Treacy
Henry Knox
Known for
Adam's Rib
The Prowler
Gay Seabrook
Helen Knox
Also in
What a Bozo!
Wild Poses
Benny Burt
Joe Popopopolis
Known for
Cry Danger
M
Jimmy Robinson
Tucky
Also in
Mickey's Pals
Becky Sharp
Charles Lamont Director · Ewart Adamson Screenplay Harry Beresford Story
United States release January 6, 1939 · Produced in United States · Production Franklyn Warner Productions
Production
Grand National Pictures
Production
Franklyn Warner Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 6, 1939
Theatrical
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