Kentucky Blue Streak is a 1935 American film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Edward J. Nugent, Frank Coghlan Jr. and Cornelius Keefe.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor.
| Kentucky Blue Streak | |
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| Directed by | Raymond K. Johnson |
| Written by | Rose Gordon Edward O'Brien Homer King Gordon |
| Produced by | C.C. Burr |
| Starring | Edward J. Nugent Frank Coghlan Jr. Cornelius Keefe |
| Cinematography | Irvin Akers |
| Edited by | Tony Martinelli |
| Music by | Ben Carter Lee Zahler |
Production company | C.C. Burr Productions |
| Distributed by | Puritan Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
It was released in the United Kingdom under the alternative title The Blue Streak.
Plot
editA financially-troubled Kentucky horseracing family is threatened with disgrace when the jockey brother agrees to throw a race in San Francisco and then gets mixed in a murder investigation. Meanwhile, his sister plans to enter her horse in the Kentucky Derby. Her brother escapes from jail in order to ride it to victory.
Cast
edit- Edward J. Nugent as Martin Marion
- Frank Coghlan Jr. as Johnny Bradley
- Patricia Scott as Mary Bradley
- Cornelius Keefe as District Attorney Barton Pierce
- Margaret Mann as Mrs. Martha Bradley
- Roy D'Arcy as Harry Johnson
- Ben Holmes as Bellhop O'Donnell
- Roy Watson as Colonel Seymour
- Harry Harvey as Barker/Voice of Radio Announcer
- Roger Williams as Deputy
- Joseph W. Girard as Warden Carlson
- Walter Downing as Editor
- Ben Carter as Waiter/Colored Octette leader
- Jack Cheatham as Cop at Race Track
References
edit- ^ Pitts p.290
Bibliography
edit- Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
edit- Kentucky Blue Streak at IMDb
- Kentucky Blue Streak is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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