Boots Malone is a jockey's agent and wheeler-dealer who went from living at the Ritz to in a room at the stables after his star jockey is killed in an accident. After nearly three years, he has yet to find a replacement. Along with his cronies at the track, Malone manages to buy a horse that's a bit of a sleeper. Their hopes of cashing in take a positive turn when Malone decides to train an eager young man, a runaway from a rich family, as a jockey. When gangsters tell Malone to throw the race in favor of another horse, he faces a major dilemma.

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Cast

William Holden

Boots Malone

Stanley Clements

Stash Clements

Harry Morgan

Quarter Horse Henry

Ed Begley

Howard Whitehead

Carl Benton Reid

John Williams

Basil Ruysdael

Preacher Cole

Ralph Dumke

Beckett

Hugh Sanders

Matson

Anthony Caruso

Joe

Johnny Stewart

Thomas Gibson Jr. aka The Kid

Whit Bissell

Lou Dyer

Harry Hines

Goofy Gordon