The Million Dollar Handicap (1926)
Thoroughbred nags prancing-bugle and bells sounding-roaring multitudes-cheers, groans, laughs-these are the enjoyable features of "The Million Dollar Handicap," the greatest turf picture of all time.
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After buying the filly Dixie following a strong finish Southern horse breeder John Porter discovers she has been doped for the contest. When he is paralyzed from a fall from Dixie his son, Alan, embezzles money from the bank to save the family finances. Because of his love for Alan's sister Alis, George Mortimer takes the blame for the crime, losing his job. Disguised as a boy, Alis enters Dixie in a race and rides the horse to victory and all ends happily.
- Release date
- February 7, 1925
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Vera Reynolds as Alis Porter
- Edmund Burns as George Mortimer
- Ralph Lewis as John Porter
- Ward Crane as Phillip Crane
- Tom Wilson as Tom
- Clarence Burton as Langdon
- Danny Hoy as Jockey
- Rosa Gore as Marilda Porter
- Ralph Emerson as Alan Porter
- Lon Poff as Milkman
Crew
- Scott Sidney · Director
- William Alexander Fraser · Writer
- F. McGrew Willis · Writer
- Devereaux Jennings · Cinematographer