Thoroughbred

Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) is a Canadian, adopted by Ma Dawson (Nellie Ferguson), a struggling horse breeder and trainer. Joan thinks "legs don't make a race horse, it's blood", and so she buys an unwanted thoroughbred colt called Stormalong. Helped by Ma's son Tommy Dawson (Frank Leighton), Joan restores the horse to health and fitness, and soon enough the horse is winning race after race, becoming a favourite for the Melbourne Cup.

• Release date
• May 9, 1936
• Runtime
• 89 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Ken G. Hall

Cast

Helen Twelvetrees Joan

F

Frank Leighton Tommy Dawson John Longden Bill Peel

N

Nellie Barnes Judy Cross

E

Elaine Hamill Linda

R

Ron Whelan Genna

L

Les Warton Grafter Harold Meade Sir Russell Peel