Overview
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (1939)
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Filming locations
Filmed in Kentucky
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Setting
Set in Kentucky
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Music
Music by Louis Silvers
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Ray Rennahan and Ernest Palmer
Details
- Director
- Writers
- John Taintor FooteScreenplay
- Lamar TrottiScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 30, 1938
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Loretta YoungSally Goodwin
Richard GreeneJack Dillon
Walter BrennanPeter Goodwin
Douglass DumbrilleJohn Dillon - 1861
Karen MorleyMrs. Goodwin - 1861
Moroni OlsenJohn Dillon - 1938
Russell HicksThad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
Willard RobertsonBob Slocum- Charles WaldronThad Goodwin - 1938
Bobs WatsonPeter Goodwin - 1861
Delmar WatsonThad Goodwin Jr. - 1861
Leona RobertsGrace Goodwin
Charles LaneAuctioneer
Charles MiddletonSoutherner
George H. ReedBen
Harry HaydenRacing Secretary
Robert MiddlemassTrack Official
Madame Sul-Te-WanLily
Cliff ClarkMelish- Meredith HowardSusie May
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