Run for the Roses | |
Director: | Henry Levin |
Producer: | Mario Crespo |
Starring: | Vera Miles Stuart Whitman Panchito Gómez Henry Brandon Lisa Eilbacher Sam Groom |
Music: | Raúl Lavista |
Cinematography: | Raúl Domínguez |
Editing: | Alfredo Rosas Priego |
Studio: | Pan American Films |
Distributor: | Kodiak Films |
Runtime: | 93 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Run for the Roses (also known as The Thoroughbreds) is a 1977 American drama film about horse-racing directed by Henry Levin and starring Vera Miles, Stuart Whitman and Panchito Gómez.
A young boy named Juanito Hernandez befriends and nurses back to health a horse that undergoes an operation. When the horse recovers, owner Clarissa Stewart and her trainer, Charlie, come to believe Juanito's hunch that the recovered horse now has a good chance to win the Kentucky Derby.