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Feature film — 1949

The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)

6.01h 33mDrama — Family — Romance

Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse's owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother's death in a steeplechase spill. Written by Ray Hamel

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Director: David Butler

On screen

Cast & crew

Shirley Temple as Margaret O'Hara / Knowles

Shirley Temple

Margaret O'Hara / Knowles

Barry Fitzgerald as Shawn O'Hara

Barry Fitzgerald

Shawn O'Hara

Lon McCallister as Ted Knowles

Lon McCallister

Ted Knowles

Rosemary DeCamp as Mrs. Charles S. Howard

Rosemary DeCamp

Mrs. Charles S. Howard

Donald MacBride as George Carson

Donald MacBride

George Carson

Pierre Watkin as Charles S. Howard

Pierre Watkin

Charles S. Howard

William Forrest as Thomas Milford

William Forrest

Thomas Milford

H

Hal J. Moore

Race Commentator

C

Clem McCarthy

Race Commentator

Sugarfoot Anderson as Walkin' Murphy, Milford's Boy

Sugarfoot Anderson

Walkin' Murphy, Milford's Boy

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Seabiscuit

Himself (archive footage)

S

Sea Sovereign

Seabiscuit (close-ups)

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