Garrison's Finish

Jan 15, 1923

1h 20m

★ 0.0

Racing Horses and a Racing love Tale. Actual Scenes from the Famous Kentucky Derby.

Overview

Billy Garrison, a jockey, is framed and suspended for throwing a face. Depressed, he goes to a bar and eventually gets into a fight. He loses his memory, and is taken to the home of pretty young Sue Desha, who gets him a job as a jockey for her father, Col. Desha. Unfortunately, the man who framed Billy, named Crimmins, finds out he's working for the Sue's father and reveals Billy's past to the colonel. Complications ensue.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Jack Pickford Productions

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Cast

Billy Garrison

Jack Pickford

Sue Desha

Madge Bellamy

Colonel Desha

Charles A. Stevenson

Major Desha

Tom Guise

Mr. Waterbury

Frank Elliott

Crimmins

Clarence Burton

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