Kentucky Blue Streak
1935 American film
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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.
Directed byRaymond K. Johnson
Written byRose Gordon
Edward O'Brien
Homer King Gordon
Edward O'Brien
Homer King Gordon
Produced byC.C. Burr
| 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 |
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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
A 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
- 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
