Stableboy Mickey Rooney hooks up with alcoholic former veterinarian Noah Beery to save a lame horse from the glue factory. They form a bond, go on a bit of a road trip, and end up in a big race. On the way they find friendship and redemption.
The story doesn't exactly break new ground. But when you have stars like Beery and Rooney I'm not sure it matters. They both deliver the goods. You can watch this with the whole family, 8 or 80, crippled or crazy.
It's not a huge supporting cast, but three bl3ck actors get speaking roles. Unfortunately, all three are Stepnfetchits. I get it, I'm looking back 80 years and things change, but it makes me cringe every time I hear a black actor having to deliver lines like he just came straight to the studio from a Mississippi cotton field.
The story doesn't exactly break new ground. But when you have stars like Beery and Rooney I'm not sure it matters. They both deliver the goods. You can watch this with the whole family, 8 or 80, crippled or crazy.
It's not a huge supporting cast, but three bl3ck actors get speaking roles. Unfortunately, all three are Stepnfetchits. I get it, I'm looking back 80 years and things change, but it makes me cringe every time I hear a black actor having to deliver lines like he just came straight to the studio from a Mississippi cotton field.