Kentucky Blue Streak is a 1935 American film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Edward J. Nugent, Frank Coghlan Jr. and Cornelius Keefe.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor.

Kentucky Blue Streak
Directed byRaymond K. Johnson
Written byRose Gordon
Edward O'Brien
Homer King Gordon
Produced byC.C. Burr
StarringEdward J. Nugent
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Cornelius Keefe
CinematographyIrvin Akers
Edited byTony Martinelli
Music byBen Carter
Lee Zahler
Production
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C.C. Burr Productions
Distributed byPuritan Pictures
Release date
  • May 1, 1935 (1935-05-01)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

It was released in the United Kingdom under the alternative title The Blue Streak.

Plot

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A financially-troubled Kentucky horseracing family is threatened with disgrace when the jockey brother agrees to throw a race in San Francisco and then gets mixed in a murder investigation. Meanwhile, his sister plans to enter her horse in the Kentucky Derby. Her brother escapes from jail in order to ride it to victory.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Pitts p.290

Bibliography

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  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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