Sporting Blood is a 1931 American MGM pre-Code sports drama film directed by Charles Brabin. The film stars Clark Gable (in his first starring role), Ernest Torrence, and Madge Evans. Two other pictures bore this same title, one released in 1916 by Fox and another by MGM in Sporting Blood (1940). Although they, too, centered on horse racing, none of the plots had any direct connection with the others.
| Sporting Blood | |
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| Directed by | Charles Brabin |
| Screenplay by | Charles Brabin |
| Based on | Horse Flesh 1930 The Saturday Evening Post by Frederick Brennan |
| Produced by | Marion Davies |
| Starring | Clark Gable Ernest Torrence Madge Evans |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | William S. Gray (uncredited) |
| Music by | William Axt |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $302,000[1] |
| Box office | $893,000[1] |
Plot
editGambler Rid Riddell (Clark Gable) works for Tip Scanlon (Lew Cody), a crooked gambler, who buys Tommy-Boy, a racehorse from a wealthy man (Hallam Cooley) whose spoiled wife (Marie Prevost) loses interest. Tip and Rid consistently win with the horse in both honestly and dishonestly run races. But before long, Tommy Boy loses a race he wasn't supposed to, and the mob is after Tip.
Tip is murdered but not before giving Tommy Boy to his girlfriend (Madge Evans) who sets out to rehabilitate herself and the horse. The horse rebounds. After an attempt at sabotage, the horse wins the Kentucky Derby, and Rid wins the girl.
Cast
edit- Clark Gable as Warren 'Rid' Riddell
- Ernest Torrence as Mr. Jim Rellence
- Madge Evans as Miss 'Missy' Ruby
- Lew Cody as Tip Scanlon
- Marie Prevost as Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
- Hallam Cooley as Bill Ludeking
- J. Farrell MacDonald as MacGuire
- John Larkin as Uncle Ben
- Eugene Jackson as Sammy
Box office
editAccording to MGM records, the film earned $547,000 in the US and Canada and $346,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $148,000.[1]
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Sporting Blood at IMDb
- Sporting Blood at AllMovie
- Sporting Blood at the TCM Movie Database
- Sporting Blood at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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