Kentucky

Kentucky (1938)★ 6.1/10

Approved · US · 96 min · December 24, 1938

  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Sport

Directed by: David Butler

Written by: Lamar Trotti, John Taintor Foote

Romeo and Juliet story set amidst horse racing in Kentucky. The family feud of lovers Jack and Sally goes back to the Civil War and is kept alive by her Uncle Peter.

Original title
Kentucky
Storyline
During the Civil War, two of the oldest families in Kentucky, the Dillons and the Goodwins, began a long, bitter feud that has lasted into 1938. When Jack Dillon refuses to enter his father's banking business, he, under an assumed name, gets a job as a trainer in Sally Goodwin's stables. A romance develops between them. When Sally's father dies, the entire estate--including the horses--must be sold at auction to pay his debts. A note left by Sally's father turns up, that according to a wager made between him and the elder Dillon, any one horse in the Dillon stable can be claimed by the Goodwins. Complications arise when Sally finds out that Jack is a Dillon.
Rating
6.1 / 10 · 763
Companies
Twentieth Century Fox, National Telefilm Associates (NTA), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release dates
  • US December 24, 1938
  • FR February 23, 1939
  • SE February 27, 1939
  • PT March 15, 1939
  • DK March 19, 1939
  • IE April 21, 1939
  • UY April 27, 1939
  • DE August 3, 1939
  • ZA September 18, 1939