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Poster for Checkers

Checkers

1937 · 79 min

A gentle, folksy underdog tale with a plucky kid and a horse, easy to watch and warmly sentimental.

Tagline
GINGER JANE'S A WINNER BY TEN LENGTHS...AND A THOUSAND LAUGHS!!
Overview
A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's farm.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • friendship
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone
Written by
Frank Fenton, Karen DeWolf, Robert Chapin, Lynn Root
Starring
Jane Withers, Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel, Marvin Stephens, Andrew Tombes, June Carlson, Minor Watson, John Harrington
Runtime
79 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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