This film couldn't have been any worse if it had put two actors in a horse costume to play the horses. The entire cast seems completely undirected and recites their lines as if they were seeing the script for the very first time. The plot is okay, an average and predictable story for a B crime drama, but with the lack of direction and stagnant performances, this just ranks as one of the worst films of the 1930's. Junior Coghlan plays a young jockey who makes the mistake of writing at a track not accredited as a legal betting track, and he is framed for murdering his boss who refuses to pay him for his work. Escaping from prison, Junior ends up riding in a race any way while the people around him are fighting to keeping him from being returned to prison as they tie up loose ends in the murder case.
Margaret Mann, the octogenarian actress who played several grandmotherly roles in "The Little Rascals" shorts, is dressed in 1800's outfits and iss supposed to be Junior's mother. Patricia Scott as his sister and Edward J. Nugent as her boyfriend are equally bland. The only real juice comes from the two actors playing the one-dimensional villains, particularly Roy D'Arcy as a horse owner desperate to stop junior from riding. Another issue with this film is the different types of filming used, with obvious stock footage shoved in and different quality of film used for the newly film sequences.
Margaret Mann, the octogenarian actress who played several grandmotherly roles in "The Little Rascals" shorts, is dressed in 1800's outfits and iss supposed to be Junior's mother. Patricia Scott as his sister and Edward J. Nugent as her boyfriend are equally bland. The only real juice comes from the two actors playing the one-dimensional villains, particularly Roy D'Arcy as a horse owner desperate to stop junior from riding. Another issue with this film is the different types of filming used, with obvious stock footage shoved in and different quality of film used for the newly film sequences.