Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

Nov 25, 1937

1h 20m

★ 5.7

Racing right into your heart

Overview

Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to the local jockeys, whose leader is the cocky but highly skilled Timmie Donovan. A young English gentleman comes to town convincing Donovan to ride his horse in a high stakes race.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Cricket West

Judy Garland

Roger Calverton

Ronald Sinclair

Timmie Donovan

Mickey Rooney

Peter Calverton

C. Aubrey Smith

Mother Ralph

Sophie Tucker

Wilkins

Forrester Harvey

Click Donovan

Charles D. Brown

"Dink" Reid

Frankie Darro

"Doc" Godfrey

Henry Kolker

Hilda

Helen Troy

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