Directed by:
Frank BorzageScreenplay:
Steve FisherCinematography:
Tony GaudioComposer:
Hans J. SalterCast:
Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod, Roscoe Karns, John Ridgely, Frankie Darro, John Miljan, James Kirkwood, Ray Walker, Bess Flowers, Dorothy Adams, Liam Dunn (more)Plots(1)
As he is driving cynical sports reporter Willie Wagonstatter to the Hollywood racetrack, where retired champion Gallant Man is attempting a comeback in the Gold Cup race, taxi driver Toby Gleeton relates the story of how he and Gallant Man's owner, Joe Grange, first met: On a rainy Christmas Eve in Hollywood, Toby offers a ride to Joe and his colt, then agrees to drive Ronnie, a soda clerk, to her apartment. The homeless Joe, who earlier that day quit his accounting job and bought the horse, persuades Ronnie to put the animal up for the night. Joe agrees to spend the evening under an awning, but after the colt almost destroys Ronnie's small apartment, she reluctantly allows Joe to sleep on her couch. Joe names the frisky colt Gallant Man and reveals to Ronnie that his longtime dream has been to raise a champion racehorse and "live his heart." Although Ronnie admits that she has been unlucky in love, she tells the soft-spoken Joe that he is an "awfully nice guy." Joe, in turn, is attracted to Ronnie, and a romance soon blossoms. (official distributor synopsis)
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