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Hot Heels

1927-11-14 · 60 min · ★ 8.0

Action · Comedy · Crime · Romance

Glenn Higgins and Patsy Jones are a song-and-dance team traveling the vaudeville circuit across the United States, and land in a Kentucky tank-town filled with sharpies and wise-guys , wearing spats and carrying canes, who have reasons for wanting a horse named "Hot Heels, not to win the race he is scheduled to run in. This does not bode well for the vaudevillians as Glenn, acting on a hot tip from a hot vamp, has bet the pair's bankroll on "Hot Heels" to win.

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Directors
William James Craft
Production companies
Universal Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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Glenn TryonGlenn TryonGlenn Seth Higgins
Patsy Ruth MillerPatsy Ruth MillerPatsy Jones
Eileen SedgwickEileen SedgwickFannie
James Bradbury Sr.James Bradbury Sr.Mr. Fitch
Lloyd WhitlockLloyd WhitlockManager Carter
Edward HearnEdward HearnGambler
Walter BrennanWalter BrennanPool Hall Habitant (uncredited)
Tod SloanHimself, A Jockey

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