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The King of the Turf(1926)
Status: Released
Date: 1926-02-28
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Excitement supreme as the "KINGS OF THE TURF" sweep across the finish line!
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Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by Martyn Selsby, his business partner, and sentenced to jail.
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United States of America
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Film Booking Offices of America (FBO)
Movie: The King of the Turf
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George Irving
Colonel Fairfax
Patsy Ruth Miller
Kate Fairfax
Kenneth Harlan
John Doe Smith
Alan Roscoe
Tom Selsby
Kathleen Kirkham
Letitia Selsby
Mary Carr
Martha Fairfax
David Torrence
Martyn Selsby
Billy Franey
Soup Conley
Eddie Phillips
Dude Morlanti
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Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by Martyn Selsby, his business partner, and sentenced to jail.
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1926-02-28
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Excitement supreme as the "KINGS OF THE TURF" sweep across the finish line!
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