Tip on a Dead Jockey

Dec 6 1957 Approved 1h 38m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Broke and about to divorce his wife, a pilot joins a smuggling scheme in postwar Madrid.

Plot

An expatriate American living in Madrid, former Air Force pilot Lloyd Tredman (Robert Taylor) is haunted by his memories of the Korean War and refuses to fly. So when he loses his last dollar on a horse race fixed by a smuggler, he forces himself to accept a $25,000 offer to transport a box of contraband currency from Egypt to Spain. But as Tredman makes the return flight home, he discovers his cargo also includes heroin as he races across the Mediterranean with Interpol hot on his trail.

Written by

Charles Lederer, Irwin Shaw

Directed by

Richard Thorpe

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
375
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA