Movies and TvShows featuring "photo-finish" theme.

Overcomer is a drama movie that follows the story of a high school basketball coach who helps a cross-country runner overcome various obstacles, including asthma and a blind man. Through their journey, they both discover their true identities and learn important life lessons about faith, perseverance, and the power of belief in oneself.

In the 1930s, the University of Washington's rowing team faces the challenges of the Great Depression. They rise above adversity to achieve greatness, culminating in their victory at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Saratoga is a romantic comedy drama that takes place in Saratoga, New York. It follows the story of a bookie who finds himself in a gambling debt and is forced to work on a stud farm. Along the way, he gets involved in deception, auctions, and a train trip. The movie explores themes of love, marriage, and financial problems.

In this comedic documentary, the hosts of Top Gear set out to find the worst car in the world by taking on various challenges and road trips. Along the way, they encounter car crashes, obstacles, and extreme weather conditions, all while showcasing their sarcastic wit and hilarious antics.

The boys get mixed up with a race horse & crooked gamblers

In That Gang of Mine, a group of boys from the lower east side of Manhattan join a boys' club and become friends. They find themselves in a horse racing competition and must train and prepare to win. Along the way, they encounter gangsters, gamblers, and even a fire that threatens their chances. Through heroism and teamwork, they overcome their fears and strive for victory.

Porky Pig narrates a very strange newsreel.

Time for the big horse race. We drop in on the fillies, who gossip in New York accents. That's followed by a pre-race fashion parade. In both of these, Maggie doesn't join in; she runs every year, but suffers from hay fever. The actual race is run, and Maggie is far back in the field. The other horses hear it's going to be a photo finish, though, and they all come to an abrupt stop and pose except Maggie, who keeps running and wins the race.

Bookmakers try to fix a horse race.

This is not a "Scrappy" cartoon - A two-year-old horse is trained and primed to run in the Hollywood Sweepstakes, but catches cold and has to be scratched from the race. A small pony, from the stable, is substituted but with no hope of winning, and surprises all -- horses included -- by slipping in 'under' the finish wire.

It's basically a series of visual gags that takes place on a greyhound race track with the racers chasing a mechanical rabbit attached to a gate (though the rabbit seems lifelike, at least for a cartoon).

Opens at the C. V. Whitney Farms (the future movie-producer) in the blue-grass area of Lexington, Kentucky and shows the new crop of colts that will be trained for horse racing. It then shows stock footage of some of the famed big-race winners of the past... Whichone, Upset, St. Germaine, others - and then cuts to the crowds in Louisville, Kentucky awaiting the annual running of the Kentucky Derby.