In Old Kentucky is a 1935 American comedy film starring Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson and Russell Hardie. Two feuding families decide to settle a dispute with a horse race. It was Rogers' last film and was released posthumously after he was killed in a plane crash on August 15, 1935. The picture's supporting cast features Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as Wash Jackson. The film was released by 20th Century Fox. It was filmed on location on two sites in Thousand Oaks, California: Deerwood Stock Farm and Borchard Ranch.Schneider, Jerry L. (2015). Western Filming Locations Book 1. CP Entertainment Books. Page 133. .Maulhardt, Jeffrey Wayne (2010). Conejo Valley. Arcadia Publishing. Page 94. .
Synopsis In Kentucky, amiable horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught up in the long-running feud between two families the Martingales and the Shattucks. It is decided to settle matter over a horse race.
Cast Will Rogers as Steve Tapley Dorothy Wilson as Nancy Martingale Russell Hardie as Dr. Lee Andrews Charles Sellon as Ezra Martingale Louise Henry as Arlene Shattuck Esther Dale as Dolly Breckenridge Alan Dinehart as Slick Doherty Charles Richman as Pole Shattuck Etienne Girardot as Pluvius J. Aspinwall John Ince as Sheriff Bill Robinson as Wash Jackson Greyboy the Horse as Greyboy
See also List of films about horses List of films about horse racing
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