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26 June 1980 (Australia) moreTagline:
This crazy mixed-up family doesn't stand a chance of winning a million bucks. Wanna bet?Plot:
Casey is a young boy in a family that trains racehorses. His best friend, a foal they call "Casey's Shadow"... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Not great, but not bad moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Walter Matthau | ... | Lloyd Bourdelle |
 | Alexis Smith | ... | Sarah Blue |
 | Robert Webber | ... | Mike Marsh |
| Murray Hamilton | ... | Tom Patterson |
| Andrew Rubin | ... | Buddy Bourdelle (as Andrew A. Rubin) |
| Steve Burns | ... | Randy Bourdelle |
| Susan Myers | ... | Kelly Marsh |
| Michael Hershewe | ... | Casey Bourdelle |
| Harry Caesar | ... | Calvin Lebec |
| Joel Fluellen | ... | Jimmy Judson |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Dr. Williamson |
| James M. Halty | ... | Donovan |
| William Pitt | ... | Dr. Pitt |
| Dean Turpitt | ... | Dean |
| Sanders Delhomme | ... | Old Cajun |
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Director Martin Ritt specifically sought out veteran character actor Whit Bissell to play the veterinarian, Dr. Williamson, who delivers the bad news about Casey's Shadow's leg (Bissell had previously played Burris, the veterinarian who brings the Bannon ranch bad news about hoof-and-mouth disease, in Ritt's film, Hud (1963)). This turned out to be Bissell's final film. moreSoundtrack:
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Walter Matthau can always improve a mediocre film, and this movie proves it. He turns in a very realistic performance as a small-time horse trainer and single father, not sugar-coating either role.
He can be, by turns, soft-hearted and doting, then iron-handed to his boys, and we can see the same dichotomy in his approach to horse training (we see that he doesn't want his young prospect racing horse overworked and hurt in small-time races, but he seems to be willing to risk the horse's life when he gets into the big time).
This is just one of Matthau's wonderful performances, and one that I highly recommend.