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Boots Malone

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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.

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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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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
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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
Producer
Milton Holmes
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 43m