Kentucky Blue Streak

Kentucky Blue Streak
Directed by	Raymond K. Johnson
Written by	Rose Gordon Edward O'Brien Homer King Gordon
Produced by	C.C. Burr
Starring	Edward J. Nugent Frank Coghlan Jr. Cornelius Keefe
Cinematography	Irvin Akers
Edited by	Tony Martinelli
Music by	Ben Carter Lee Zahler
Production company	C.C. Burr Productions
Distributed by	Puritan Pictures
Release date	May 1, 1935 (1935-05-01)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Kentucky Blue Streak is a 1935 American film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Edward J. Nugent, Frank Coghlan Jr. and Cornelius Keefe.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor.

It was released in the United Kingdom under the alternative title The Blue Streak.

Plot

A financially-troubled Kentucky horseracing family is threatened with disgrace when the jockey brother agrees to throw a race in San Francisco and then gets mixed in a murder investigation. Meanwhile, his sister plans to enter her horse in the Kentucky Derby. Her brother escapes from jail in order to ride it to victory.

Cast

• Edward J. Nugent as Martin Marion
• Frank Coghlan Jr. as Johnny Bradley
• Patricia Scott as Mary Bradley
• Cornelius Keefe as District Attorney Barton Pierce
• Margaret Mann as Mrs. Martha Bradley
• Roy D'Arcy as Harry Johnson
• Ben Holmes as Bellhop O'Donnell
• Roy Watson as Colonel Seymour
• Harry Harvey as Barker/Voice of Radio Announcer
• Roger Williams as Deputy
• Joseph W. Girard as Warden Carlson
• Walter Downing as Editor
• Ben Carter as Waiter/Colored Octette leader
• Jack Cheatham as Cop at Race Track

References

1. Pitts p.290

Bibliography

• Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

• Kentucky Blue Streak at IMDb
• Kentucky Blue Streak is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive