Little Miss Thoroughbred

A young orphan girl wants a small-time gambler to be her father.

Cast

John Litel

as Nelson "Nails" Morgan

Ann Sheridan

as Madge Perry Morgan

Frank McHugh

as Tod Harrington

Janet Chapman

as Janet Smith

John Ridgely

as Jim (aka Slug)

Eric Stanley

as Col. Whitcomb

Robert Homans

as Pat O'Reilly

Dorothy Vaughan

as Mrs. O'Reilly

Charles Cahill Wilson

as Becker

Cy Kendall

as District Attorney

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