The Shamrock Handicap

1926
The Shamrock Handicap
6.1| 1h6m| NR| en| Drama, Romance
Storyline

Because he refuses to collect rent payments from his impoverished tenants, kindly Irish nobleman Sir Miles Gaffney is in danger of losing his estate. He is forced to sell off part of his racing stable to a wealthy American, who takes along Gaffney's jockey Neil Ross as part of the bargain. When Neil is crippled in a racing accident, Sir Miles and his daughter Sheila sail to America with their prize horse "Dark Rosaleen" in tow. The first film having an Irish motif that John Ford directed, a six reel delight set in Eire's County Kildare and in the United States, with a steeplechase background, mixing charged elements of comedy and sentimental drama.

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  • The Shamrock Handicap Cast
Janet Gaynor as Lady Sheila O'Hara
Leslie Fenton as Neil Ross
Willard Louis as Orville Finch
J. Farrell MacDonald as Con O'Shea
Claire McDowell as Molly O'Shea
Louis Payne as Sir Miles O'Hara
Andy Clark as 'Chesty' Morgan
Bill Elliott as Well-Wishing Villager
Brandon Hurst as The Procurer of Taxes