The Rainbow Jacket

Directed by Basil Dearden

With Robert Morley, Kay Walsh, Bill Owen, Fella Edmonds and Edward Underdown

Champion jockey Sam Lilley gets banned from racing after taking a bribe. Unwilling to leave the sport behind, he befriends Georgie Crain, a sharp young racing enthusiast. Sam mentors Georgie and helps him train to become a professional jockey at Newmarket stables. As Georgie's career takes off, both characters face financial pressures, temptations and the shady underworld of track corruption.