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Salty O'Rourke

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Small-time gambler Salty O'Rourke (Alan Ladd) needs money fast to pay off a debt to gangster Doc Baxter (Bruce Cabot), so he buys a racehorse named Whipper to see if he can turn it into an instant winner. He gets it cheap, though, and the only one who believes in it is banned jockey Johnny Cates (Stanley Clements), who has to take an assumed identity in order to ride. Then, when the men both fall for schoolteacher Barbara Brooks (Gail Russell), things get complicated -- dangerously so.
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Raoul Walsh

Director

Alan Ladd

Salty O'Rourke

Gail Russell

Barbara Brooks

William Demarest

Smitty

Bruce Cabot

Doc Baxter

Stanley Clements

Johnny Cates

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Synopsis Small-time gambler Salty O'Rourke (Alan Ladd) needs money fast to pay off a debt to gangster Doc Baxter (Bruce Cabot), so he buys a racehorse named Whipper to see if he can turn it into an instant winner. He gets it cheap, though, and the only one who believes in it is banned jockey Johnny Cates (Stanley Clements), who has to take an assumed identity in order to ride. Then, when the men both fall for schoolteacher Barbara Brooks (Gail Russell), things get complicated -- dangerously so.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Screenwriter
Milton Holmes
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 25, 1945, Original
Runtime
1h 39m
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