Run for the Roses

IMDb link: 0073643
IMDb rating: 5.8 (136 votes)
Genres: Drama, Sport
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Vera Miles, Stuart Whitman, Sam Groom, Panchito Gomez and others

Release date: 22 Aug 1981
Release year: 1977
Runtime: 93 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: horse sport, teenage boy, puerto rican, colt, kentucky derby, horse racing, independent film

Plot:

Juanito, a boy from Puerto Rico, finds himself in Kentucky and drawn to a thoroughbred horse. He believes the horse can win the Derby and eventually others around him start to think it's possible.

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