In Old Kentucky | |
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Directed by | George Marshall |
Written by | Sam Hellman Gladys Lehman Henry Johnson |
Based on | 1893 play In Old Kentucky by Charles T. Dazey |
Produced by | Edward Butcher |
Starring | Will Rogers Dorothy Wilson Russell Hardie |
Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
Edited by | Jack Murray |
Music by | Arthur Lange |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,438,000 (U.S. and Canada rentals) [1] |
In Old Kentucky is a 1935 American comedy film starring Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson and Russell Hardie. Two feuding families decide to settle a dispute with a horse race. It was Rogers' last film and was released posthumously after he was killed in a plane crash on August 15, 1935. The picture's supporting cast features Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as Wash Jackson. The film was released by 20th Century Fox. It was filmed on location on two sites in Thousand Oaks, California: Deerwood Stock Farm and Borchard Ranch. [2] [3]
In Kentucky, amiable horse trainer Steve Taple is caught up in the long-running feud between two families the Martingales and the Shattucks. It is decided to settle matter over a horse race.