Long Shot (1939 film)

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1939 American film

Long Shot

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Charles Lamont
Written by| Ewart Adamson (screenplay)
Harry Beresford (original story) and
George Callaghan (original story)
Produced by| Charles Lamont (associate producer)
Franklyn Warner (producer)
Starring| See below
Cinematography| Arthur Martinelli
Edited by| Bernard Loftus
Distributed by| Grand National Pictures

Release date

* January 6, 1939 (1939-01-06)

Running time

| 69 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Long Shot is a 1939 American horse racing film directed by Charles Lamont. The film is also known as The Long Shot.

## Plot

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Henry Sharon is about to be ruined financially by rival stable owner Lew Ralston when he gets an idea to fake his own death. His prize horse Certified Check is bequeathed to niece Martha, a young woman Ralston had hoped to marry.

Martha and friend Jeff Clayton begin to enter Certified Check in races, but he always loses. Then they get a tip that the horse hates running near the rail.

Given an outside post, Certified Check has a legitimate shot to win the big stakes race at Santa Anita, but first he must be kept out of sight to keep Ralston from sabotaging his chances.

## Cast

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C. Henry Gordon in Long Shot

* Gordon Jones as Jeff Clayton
* Marsha Hunt as Martha Sharon
* C. Henry Gordon as Lew Ralston
* George Meeker as Dell Baker
* Harry Davenport as Henry Sharon
* George E. Stone as Danny Welch
* Frank Darien as Zeb Jenkins
* Tom Kennedy as Mike Claurens
* Emerson Treacy as Henry Knox
* Gay Seabrook as Helen Knox
* Benny Burt as Joe Popopopolis
* James Robinson as Tucky
* Denmore Chief as Certified Check
* Joe Hernandez as Racing Announcer
* James Keefe as Racing Announcer

Wilson Benge, Dorothy Fay, Earle Hodgins, Wilbur Mack, Carl Meyer, Lee Phelps, Norman Phillips, Jason Robards Sr. and Claire Rochelle appear uncredited.

## See also

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* List of films about horse racing

## External links

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* Long Shot at IMDb
* Long Shot is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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Films directed by Charles Lamont

* Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
* Sons of Steel (1934)
* The Curtain Falls (1934)
* A Shot in the Dark (1935)
* False Pretenses (1935)
* One Run Elmer (1935)
* The Dark Hour (1936)
* Below the Deadline (1936)
* Bulldog Edition (1936)
* August Weekend (1936)
* Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
* International Crime (1938)
* Slander House (1938)
* Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
* Cipher Bureau (1938)
* Long Shot (1939)
* Pride of the Navy (1939)
* Verbena Tragica (1939)
* Little Accident (1939)
* Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940)
* Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
* Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
* Give Us Wings (1940)
* San Antonio Rose (1941)
* Road Agent (1941)
* Sing Another Chorus (1941)
* Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
* Melody Lane (1941)
* Don't Get Personal (1942)
* Almost Married (1942)
* You're Telling Me (1942)
* Hi, Neighbor (1942)
* Get Hep to Love (1942)
* When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
* It Comes Up Love (1943)
* Mister Big (1943)
* Hit the Ice (1943)
* Fired Wife (1943)
* Top Man (1943)
* Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
* Her Primitive Man (1944)
* The Merry Monahans (1944)
* Bowery to Broadway (1944)
* Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
* That's the Spirit (1945)
* Frontier Gal (1946)
* The Runaround (1946)
* Slave Girl (1947)
* The Untamed Breed (1948)
* Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
* Bagdad (1949)
* Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
* I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
* Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
* Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
* Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
* Flame of Araby (1951)
* Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
* Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
* Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
* Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
* Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
* Ricochet Romance (1954)
* Untamed Heiress (1954)
* Carolina Cannonball (1955)
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
* Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
* The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
* Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

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