Run for the Roses | |
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Directed by | Henry Levin |
Produced by | Mario Crespo |
Written by | Mimi Avins Joseph G. Prieto |
Starring |
Vera Miles Stuart Whitman Panchito Gómez Henry Brandon Lisa Eilbacher Sam Groom |
Music by | Raúl Lavista |
Cinematography | Raúl Domínguez |
Edited by | Alfredo Rosas Priego |
Production
company |
Pan American Films
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Distributed by | Kodiak Films |
Release date
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Running time
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93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Run for the Roses (also known as The Thoroughbreds) is a 1977 American drama film about horse-racing directed by Henry Levin and starring Vera Miles, Stuart Whitman and Panchito Gómez.
A young boy named Juanito Hernandez befriends and nurses back to health a horse that undergoes an operation. When the horse recovers, owner Clarissa Stewart and her trainer, Charlie, come to believe Juanito's hunch that the recovered horse now has a good chance to win the Kentucky Derby.