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The Great Mike

The Great Mike

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 15, 1944

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Family, Adventure, Comedy

Original Title

The Great Mike

Production Companies

PRC

Director

Wallace Fox

Description

Story of a boy and his horse. Mike is the horse and is owned by Speck and his best friend Jimmy, together they have a paper route, on which they deliver papers to customers via a wagon pulled by Mike. Recently a horse track has been built in the area and attracts horse breeder and racer Colonel Whiteny. He takes out a subscription for delivery and meets Mike and Speck & Jimmy. Clever Jimmy talks both the Colonel and Speck into taking on the Colonel's pure bred race horses at the track with comedic results.