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Hot Heels

1927 · 60 min

A breezy silent-era romp of vaudeville charm, small-town schemers and racetrack stakes, light on its feet and easy to enjoy.

Directed by
William James Craft
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Starring
Glenn Tryon, Patsy Ruth Miller, Eileen Sedgwick
Tagline
"It's Red Hot and How!"
Overview
Glenn Higgins and Patsy Jones are a song-and-dance team traveling the vaudeville circuit across the United States, and land in a Kentucky tank-town filled with sharpies and wise-guys , wearing spats and carrying canes, who have reasons for wanting a horse named "Hot Heels, not to win the race he is scheduled to run in. This does not bode well for the vaudevillians as Glenn, acting on a hot tip from a hot vamp, has bet the pair's bankroll on "Hot Heels" to win.

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Directed by
William James Craft
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Starring
Glenn Tryon, Patsy Ruth Miller, Eileen Sedgwick
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • betrayal
    • love
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism5
    Romance5
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight2

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    Genres
    action, comedy, crime, romance
    Directed by
    William James Craft
    Written by
    Harry O. Hoyt, Vin Moore
    Starring
    Glenn Tryon, Patsy Ruth Miller, Eileen Sedgwick, James Bradbury Sr., Lloyd Whitlock, Edward Hearn, Walter Brennan, Tod Sloan
    Runtime
    60 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    No Language

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