I've Got a Horse

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I've Got a Horse
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Directed by Herbert Smith
Written by
  • Ingram D'Abbes
  • Sandy Powell
  • Fenn Sherie
Produced byHerbert Smith
Starring
Cinematography George Stretton
Edited by Ray Pitt
Music byJohn Blore Borelli
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Lion Film Corporation
Release date
September 1938
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

I've Got a Horse is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Herbert Smith and starring Sandy Powell, Norah Howard and Felix Aylmer. [1]

Contents

Plot

Sandy accepts a racehorse called Lightning as settlement for a bad debt. When he enters the horse in a race and it starts doing circus tricks and loses the competition, Sandy realises the animal's future and his own lie in the circus.

Cast

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References

  1. Wood p.98

Bibliography

I've Got a Horse at IMDb