The King of the Turf (1926)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1926-02-28
Director: James P. Hogan
Writers: J. Grubb Alexander , John C. Brownell , Louis Joseph Vance
Language: None
Stars: George Irving , Patsy Ruth Miller , Kenneth Harlan , Alan Roscoe , Kathleen Kirkham , Mary Carr , David Torrence (1864–1951) , David Kirby , Billy Franey , Eddie Phillips
Runtime: 70 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The King of the Turf , O Rei do Turfe (Brazil) , The King of the Turf (United States of America)
Plot: Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by Martyn Selsby, his business partner, and sentenced to jail. Selsby soon dies of apoplexy, first dictating a confession to exonerate Fairfax; Selsby's wife is afraid of scandal, however, and places the confession in a wall safe. Time passes. The colonel serves out his sentence and returns home in the company of four friends he has made in prison: John Doe Smit, Red Kelly, Soup Conley, and Dude Morlanti. Selsby's son, Tom, who is infatuated with the colonel's daughter, Kate, offers to give her his father's confession if she will marry him. Smith overhears this remark and with the help of his former cellmates recovers the confession. The colonel's name is cleared, and his horse, entered in an important race, wins a gold cup. Kate and John Doe get along just fine.
IMDB:tt0017031