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Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry (1937) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

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1937 · 80 mins · English
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Directed by
Alfred E. Green
Starring
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, C. Aubrey Smith, Frankie Darro, Charles D. Brown, Forrester Harvey

Cricket West, a hopeful actress with a voice that can bring a house down, lives with her eccentric aunt and opens her home to the local jockeys, led by the cocky yet highly skilled Timmie Donovan. When a young English gentleman arrives, he convinces Donovan to ride his horse in a high‑stakes race, igniting fierce competition.

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