

12/11/1949
Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse's owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother's death in a steeplechase spill. Written by Ray Hamel

Shirley Temple
as Margaret O'Hara / Knowles

Barry Fitzgerald
as Shawn O'Hara

Lon McCallister
as Ted Knowles

Rosemary DeCamp
as Mrs. Charles S. Howard

Donald MacBride
as George Carson

Pierre Watkin
as Charles S. Howard

William Forrest
as Thomas Milford

Hal J. Moore
as Race Commentator

Clem McCarthy
as Race Commentator

Sugarfoot Anderson
as Walkin' Murphy, Milford's Boy

Seabiscuit
as Himself (archive footage)

Sea Sovereign
as Seabiscuit (close-ups)

War Admiral
as Himself (archive footage)

Joe Wong
as Wong the O'Hara's Cook

Ezelle Poule
as Miss Finch

Joe Hernandez
as Race Commentator

Madame Sul-Te-Wan
as Libby

Dee Carroll
as Alice Talbot - Nurse (uncredited)
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