Home in Indiana (1944)
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In this touching drama, city-slicker Sparke Thorton goes to live on his aunt and uncle's horse farm in the country. The couple have basically retired from horse-breeding and only have one trotter left. Sparks fly when the young man meets the lovely Char and Cri-Cri, the two farm girls who introduce him to the finer aspects of country life including the cool pleasures of the swimming hole. He soon decides that he wants to raise a filly and become a champion racer. His uncle and the handyman help him. Much of the film was shot on location on racetracks in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. There is also a sequence depicting the filly's birth, but it is sensitively handled. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Walter Brennan, Lon McCallister, (more)
- Director(s):
- Henry Hathaway
Synopsis of Home in Indiana
In this touching drama, city-slicker Sparke Thorton goes to live on his aunt and uncle's horse farm in the country. The couple have basically retired from horse-breeding and only have one trotter left. Sparks fly when the young man meets the lovely Char and Cri-Cri, the two farm girls who introduce him to the finer aspects of country life including the cool pleasures of the swimming hole. He soon decides that he wants to raise a filly and become a champion racer. His uncle and the handyman help him. Much of the film was shot on location on racetracks in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. There is also a sequence depicting the filly's birth, but it is sensitively handled. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Home in Indiana
- Walter Brennan - J.P. "Thunder" Bolt
- Jeanne Crain - Char
- Charlotte Greenwood - Penny
- Charles Dingle - Godaw Boole
- Charles Saggau - Jitterbug
- George H. Reed - Tuppy
- George Cleveland - Sam
- Libby Taylor - Maid
- Matt McHugh - Dave
- Billy Mitchell - Waiter
- Sam McDaniel - Swipe
- Francis Ford - Ed
- Lon McCallister - Sparky
- June Haver - Cri-Cri
- Ward Bond - Jed Bruce
- Hobart Condon - Gordon
- Willie Best - Mo'Rum
- Walter S. Baldwin - Ed
- Arthur Ayleswofth - Blacksmith
- Roger Imhof - Old Timer
- Eddy Waller - Bill
- Tom Dugan - Soft Drink Man
- Emmett E. Smith - Swipes
- Kid Chissell - Fleaflit Dryer
- Director(s):
- Henry Hathaway
- Writer(s):
- Winston Miller
- Producer(s):
- André Daven
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