
A romance of racing, filled with the fire of the West. Surging-Straining-they thunder up the stretch. Neck and Neck-the crowd tense- then the black horse falls away. A streak of flying white comes through.
Directed by Lloyd Ingraham, Silver Comes Through leans on a strong ensemble — Fred Thomson, Silver King the Horse, Edna Murphy — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1927.
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Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.
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