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Feature film — 1936

Silks and Saddles (1936)

8.01h 3mAction — Comedy — Romance

College student Jimmy Shaw inherits a racehorse, named Lightning Lad, and sells stock to fellow students in order to obtain funds for racing the horse. Lightning Lad wins very race he is entered in. Marion Braddock, a spoiled rich girl who owns a racing stable offers to buy Lightning Lad, but Jimmy refuses to sell. The day of the big handicap-race arrives and Jimmy and his fellow stockholders are on their way to the track. But a group of gamblers, betting on Lightning Lad to lose, have some skullduggery plans to ensure Lightning Lad does not win the race.

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Director: Robert F. Hill

On screen

Cast & crew

Bruce Bennett as Jimmy Shay

Bruce Bennett

Jimmy Shay

Toby Wing as Marion Braddock / Jane Smith

Toby Wing

Marion Braddock / Jane Smith

Fuzzy Knight as Bottsie Botsworth

Fuzzy Knight

Bottsie Botsworth

Trixie Friganza as Aunt Agatha Braddock

Trixie Friganza

Aunt Agatha Braddock

Frank Melton as Les Winters

Frank Melton

Les Winters

R

Robert McClung

T. Midge Connolly

Bess Flowers as Les Winters' Date

Bess Flowers

Les Winters' Date

R

Roy Thompson

Trainer

Roger Williams as Henchman

Roger Williams

Henchman

W

William Buchanan

Gambler

F

Flash the Horse

Lightning Lad

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