“Thoroughbred nags prancing-bugle and bells sounding-roaring multitudes-cheers, groans, laughs-these are the enjoyable features of "The Million Dollar Handicap," the greatest turf picture of all time.”
After buying the filly Dixie following a strong finish Southern horse breeder John Porter discovers she has been doped for the contest. When he is paralyzed from a fall from Dixie his son, Alan, embezzles money from the bank to save the family finances. Because of his love for Alan's sister Alis, George Mortimer takes the blame for the crime, losing his job. Disguised as a boy, Alis enters Dixie in a race and rides the horse to victory and all ends happily.
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Cast
14 people
Vera Reynolds
Alis Porter
Also in
The Monster Walks
Risky Business
Edmund Burns
George Mortimer
Also in
She Goes to War
Made for Love
F. McGrew Willis
Scott Sidney
William Alexander Fraser
Ralph Lewis
John Porter
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
F. McGrew Willis
Ward Crane
Phillip Crane
Known for
Sherlock Jr.
Tom Wilson
Tom
Known for
Shoulder Arms
My Wife's Relations
Clarence Burton
Langdon
Known for
The Ten Commandments
The Sign of the Cross
Rosa Gore
Marilda Porter
Also in
Hustling for Health
The King of the Kitchen
Lon Poff
Milkman
Also in
The Iron Mask
Isn't Life Terrible?
Scott Sidney Director · William Alexander Fraser Author Devereaux Jennings Cinematographer
United States release February 7, 1925 · Produced in United States
Production
Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · February 7, 1925
Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 25, 1926 · retitled version
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