Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to the local jockeys, whose leader is the cocky but highly skilled Timmie Donovan. A young English gentleman comes to town convincing Donovan to ride his horse in a high stakes race.
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THOROUGHBREDS DON'T CRY (1937) Original Theatrical Trailer
Cast
Judy Garland
Cricket West
Ronald Sinclair
Roger Calverton
Mickey Rooney
Timmie Donovan
C. Aubrey Smith
Peter Calverton
Sophie Tucker
Mother Ralph
Forrester Harvey
Wilkins
Charles D. Brown
Click Donovan
Frankie Darro
"Dink" Reid
Henry Kolker
"Doc" Godfrey
Helen Troy
Hilda
Lionel Belmore
Calverton's Butler (uncredited)
George Chandler
Jim - Racetrack Usher (uncredited)
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