The Million Dollar Handicap (1925)

The Million Dollar Handicap

1925

Comedy Drama

Synopsis

After buying the filly Dixie following a strong finish Southern horse breeder John Porter discovers she has been doped for the contest. When he is paralyzed from a fall from Dixie his son, Alan, embezzles money from the bank to save the family finances. Because of his love for Alan's sister Alis, George Mortimer takes the blame for the crime, losing his job. Disguised as a boy, Alis enters Dixie in a race and rides the horse to victory and all ends happily.

Credits

Director

Scott Sidney

Cast

Clarence Burton as Langdon

Danny Hoy as Jockey

Edmund Burns as George Mortimer

Lon Poff as Milkman

Ralph Emerson as Alan Porter

Ralph Lewis as John Porter

Rosa Gore as Marilda Porter

Tom Wilson as Tom