- Father Amion discovers that the large amounts of money turning up on the collection plate come from a grateful horse player who has hit a winning streak.
- Father Amian's church isn't in very good shape and needs an expensive new roof. At a mid-week service, a stranger leaves a $10 bill in the collection plate. The stranger becomes a regular attendee and continues to make generous donations. Turns out the stranger, Mr. Sheridan, has taken to praying for winners and since doing so has had nothing but success at the track, winning bet after bet. Sheridan convinces Father Amian to place a bet on a sure thing and Amian regrets his rash act as soon as it's done. Feelings guilty, he prays for the horse not to win, but with a surprising conclusion.—garykmcd
- Alfred Hitchcock is supposed to play the rear end of a horse costume to which he disagrees with the sponsor. He stands next to the front of the horse to introduce The Horseplayer.
Father Amion (Claude Rains) needs money for his church to fix the roof. One of the church assistants, Morton (Percy Helton), brings him an unusual $10 bill in the collection plate from mid-week service. They talk about the man who put it in the plate. The following Sunday service the man puts another $10 bill in the plate and Morton lets the Father know. After service, Father Amion talks with the man. His name is Sheridan (Ed Gardener) and he explains that he saw the sign outside to try prayer. Since then, he's been very lucky at the track and picking winners. Father Amion is taken aback at his explanation. Some time later Sheridan comes see Father Amion and explains that he won again using prayer. This time he donates $30 to the church. Father Amion explains that he's grateful for the donation that his poor church needs and that he's praying for Sheridan's soul. Sheridan gives him a tip on a future race on Red Devil. Amion says that he does not condone such gambling for the church. Later, Sheridan drives up in a new convertible and tells Father that he keeps winning and that he has a sure thing of a horse coming up. Father Amion doesn't approve, but he changes his mind suddenly and asks if Sheridan can bet for him $500. Sheridan calculates that Amion will win around $2500 the amount he needs for a new roof. Amion withdrawals the money from the bank and gives it to Sheridan. Immediately, he realizes that he's made a mistake and goes to the Bishop for advice. The Bishop tells him to pray that the horse does not win. In the final scene, a dejected Sheridan sees Amion and tells him he never saw anything like it. His horse was in a comfortable lead and ends up quitting. He lost all his money since he bet on the horse to win. He decides to go back to his hardware business. Before leaving, he gives Father Amion his winnings of $2100 and says he put it on the horse to show and not win. He puts his last $2 in the collection box.
Hitchcock returns to explain how the sponsor is balking against getting a real horse to do the job of two men. He states that it will take only a minute to put him into place. At the end we see two men in costume run out onto the screen and he back side of the horse goes behind the Alfred Hitchcock profile as final credits roll.
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