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      Boots Malone

      1952 1h 43m Drama List
      Reviews Has-been agent Boots Malone (William Holden) is dodging his creditors and living on the edge of the horse racing world when wealthy teenager Tommy Gibson (Johnny Stewart) asks Malone to take him under his wing as a jockey-in-training. While trying to stay one step ahead of Matson (Hugh Sanders), a well-connected gambler he owes money to, Malone and his partner, Stash (Stanley Clements), introduce the idealistic Tommy to the seedy underbelly of horse racing, where cons and tricks rule. Read More Read Less

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      Manny Farber The Nation [Milton Holmes] is a born story-teller even if his stuff runs to pulp. His script treats the actuality of working for a living and does it without those short cuts that chop current movies into static fragments. Sep 15, 2021 Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Few racetrack movies have been more solidly interesting than this one... Jan 29, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      kevin w William Holden as an once upright guy doing the agonizingly slow slide into corruption and dissipation, and how, fueled by his desolation demons due to the death of his wife and daughter and his best bud. An upright kid offers him the chance for a turnaround...if only he'd take it. That it all happens around the racetrack only adds atmosphere. Good stuff. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member William Holden plays a down on his luck jockey manager who sees a chance at success again in a young jockey. The story is fairly unoriginal and cliched, but Holden playing a rather shady character along the lines of Sefton from "Stalag 17" which the very "The Champ" like story a bit more interesting. Ed Begley and Harry Morgan also appear. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Has-been agent Boots Malone (William Holden) is dodging his creditors and living on the edge of the horse racing world when wealthy teenager Tommy Gibson (Johnny Stewart) asks Malone to take him under his wing as a jockey-in-training. While trying to stay one step ahead of Matson (Hugh Sanders), a well-connected gambler he owes money to, Malone and his partner, Stash (Stanley Clements), introduce the idealistic Tommy to the seedy underbelly of horse racing, where cons and tricks rule.
      Director
      William Dieterle
      Production Co
      Columbia Pictures Corporation
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 43m