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Titolo originale: Casey's Shadow
Regia: Martin Ritt |
Anno: 1978
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Famiglia
Tag: horse | louisiana | horse racing | based on short story | horse trainer |
Cast: Walter Matthau | Alexis Smith | Robert Webber | Murray Hamilton | Whit Bissell | Justin Buford | Andrew Rubin | Susan Myers | Michael Hershewe | Harry Caesar | Joel Fluellen | Steve Burns | William Thomas |

Nel New Mexico, un allevatore di cavalli cresce un puledrino, figlio di un campione, che dimostra subito eccezionali qualità. All'età di due anni, infatti, lo farà correre e vincere il più prestigioso premio americano.

Approfondimenti

The distance of "The All-American Quarter Horse Futurity Stakes" horse race was 440 yards, the run b [...] D
First credited role in a theatrical feature film of actor Michael Hershewe. This was announced in th [...] D
In a 1985 interview with Patrick Milligan, director Martin Ritt, listed this picture as one of his f [...] D
The prize money for "The All-American Quarter Horse Futurity Stakes" horse race was US $1 million. D
The picture, as reported in the 20th July 1976 edition of show-business trade paper 'The Hollywood R [...] D
The production period on this picture ran about fitly-one days. D
The 3rd November 1976 edition of 'The Los Angeles Times' reported that the filmmakers were looking f [...] D
Michael Hershewe's appearance in this film is sandwiched between two "blood" title films he appeared [...] D
The place where "The All-American Quarter Horse Futurity Stakes" horse race was held was at the Ruid [...] D
The name of the big horse race was "The All-American Quarter Horse Futurity Stakes". D
Italian censorship visa # 73289 delivered on 30 March 1979. D
Many of the exteriors for the movie were filmed in the town of Opelousas in the American state of Lo [...] D
Reportedly, the only preparation that star Walter Matthau did for the lead role was listen to Cajun [...] D
Debut theatrical feature film of actor Andrew Rubin. He was billed in the credits as "Andrew A. Rubi [...] D
Unlike many directors, Martin Ritt encouraged his actors to ad-lib and improvise, typical of his dir [...] D
Director Martin Ritt specifically sought out veteran character actor Whit Bissell to play the veteri [...] D
Final theatrical feature film of actor Whit Bissell who portrayed the veterinarian character of Dr. [...] D
The ethnicism of Walter Matthau's Lloyd Bourdelle character was Cajun. D
Debut "produced screenplay" for a cinema movie of television writer Carol Sobieski. D
The movie was originally scheduled to debut in Easter 1977, but due to required re-shoots and additi [...] D
The movie's "Casey's Shadow" title refers to a little boy, Casey Bourdelle, played by Michael Hershe [...] D
The film's closing credits declare: "Our special thanks for the assistance of the following: Governo [...] D
The film's published source "Ruidoso", a short story by John McPhee, originated as an article which [...] D
The number of equines that ran in "The All-American Quarter Horse Futurity Stakes" horse race were t [...] D
Walter Matthau was in real life a horse-racing fan and a big gambler. He once estimated that he had [...] D
This film was made and released about four years after its source short story "Ruidoso" by John McPh [...] D