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Bookmark this pageCasey's Shadow (1977)
Director: Martin Ritt
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From Time Out Film Guide
This tale of a small boy's substitution of a horse for his mother boasts several features which put it furlongs out in front of gush like The Champ: Ritt's solid feel for the milieu of the Louisiana horse-tracks, an interesting amount of the off-track dealings, but most of all Matthau's acidic performance as the boy's father, a Cajun no-hoper bucking for the big time, which always rescues the film when sentimentality threatens. Seems a shame to keep slagging off Ritt for his liberalism when he can turn in something as well-crafted and unpretentious as this. Nice New Orleans score, too. CPea.Author: CPea
Cast & crew
Director: Martin Ritt
Producer: Ray Stark
Cast: Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Robert Webber, Murray Hamilton, Andrew E Rubin, Michael Hershewe full cast
Duration: 116 mins
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