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The Shamrock Handicap

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Because he refuses to collect rent payments from his impoverished tenants, kindly Irish nobleman Sir Miles Gaffney is in danger of losing his estate. He is forced to sell off part of his racing stable to a wealthy American, who takes along Gaffney's jockey Neil Ross as part of the bargain. When Neil is crippled in a racing accident, Sir Miles and his daughter Sheila sail to America with their prize horse "Dark Rosaleen" in tow. The first film having an Irish motif that John Ford directed, a six reel delight set in Eire's County Kildare and in the United States, with a steeplechase background, mixing charged elements of comedy and sentimental drama.

Date: 05/02/1926
Rating: 5.1
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Leslie Fenton, Willard Louis, J. Farrell MacDonald, Claire McDowell, Louis Payne, George Harris, Andy Clark, Ely Reynolds, Thomas Delmar, Bill Elliott, Brandon Hurst, Eric Mayne

Janet Gaynor as Lady Sheila O'Hara in The Shamrock Handicap Janet Gaynor

Leslie Fenton as Neil Ross in The Shamrock Handicap Leslie Fenton

Willard Louis as Orville Finch in The Shamrock Handicap Willard Louis

J. Farrell MacDonald as Con O'Shea in The Shamrock Handicap J. Farrell MacDonald

Claire McDowell as Molly O'Shea in The Shamrock Handicap Claire McDowell

Louis Payne as Sir Miles O'Hara in The Shamrock Handicap Louis Payne

George Harris as Jockey Ginsburg in The Shamrock Handicap George Harris

Andy Clark as 'Chesty' Morgan in The Shamrock Handicap Andy Clark

Ely Reynolds

Thomas Delmar

Bill Elliott as Well-Wishing Villager in The Shamrock Handicap Bill Elliott

Brandon Hurst as The Procurer of Taxes in The Shamrock Handicap Brandon Hurst

Eric Mayne as Doctor in The Shamrock Handicap Eric Mayne