The Great Mike

1944
Approved
1h 12m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

102

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Edythe Elliott, Stuart Erwin, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Gwen Kenyon, and Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer in The Great Mike (1944)

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Romance

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... Read allStory 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.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.

Director
- Wallace Fox
Writers
- Martin Mooney
- Raymond L. Schrock
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

102

YOUR RATING

Director
- Wallace Fox
Writers
- Martin Mooney
- Raymond L. Schrock
Stars

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Trivia
Re-titled "The Great Mike Wins" and edited down to less than thirty minutes, it was sold to television in the early 1950's as part of a syndicated half hour package.

Goofs
The two horse races shown in the film use the same stock footage. This is especially noticeable as the winning horse crosses the finishing line.

Alternate versions
A short, edited 27 minute version is available in Streaming Video at the Captioned Films For The Deaf web site under Entertainment/Drama. It is titled "The Great Mike Wins".

Connections
Edited into The Our Gang Story (1994)

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1/10

Gawd

Just the most manipulative piece of sludge you will ever get to see, 'The Great Mike' deals with a boy (Timmy) and his horse (and dog).. Trainers realize that his horse, which was used to help Timmy with his paper route would make a good race horse, and Timmy agrees! But wait! His uncle, who gave Timmy the horse in the first place, has to settle his debts! He wants to sell the horse! Oh no! Timmy cries to his Mom! What will they do? Well, uh, that's not the plot. You see, that plot is settled within the first half of the movie (and actually the plot doesn't kick in for 15 mins or so), and then they deal with a would be shady jockey, but then that plot is settled, and then there's the Big Race! And then there's another Big Race! This movie is a mess, it's about as bad as a movie like this could be (not all the animals in the movie survive! Poor Timmy!!). Featuring the kid who plays Alfafa in the Our Gang comedies who does nothing but say "Gee willackers!" at everything Tommy says.