• Source: The Favorite (1976 film)
    • The Favorite (Russian: Фаворит, romanized: Favorit) is a two-part film based on the 1962 detective novel of British writer Dick Francis, Dead Cert. For the first time the Soviet Central Television was demonstrated on 13 and 14 September 1977.


      Plot


      After the death of Bill Davidson at the races, his friend the jockey Alan York (Arnis Licitis) learns that this was not an accident. Attempts to establish a murder client lead him to the disclosure of a whole criminal group, headed by a person close to him.
      He gradually penetrates deep into intrigue, connected not only with the jumps on which Bill died, but also with a local gang of taxi drivers. Not only love and the desire for the hostess of the new racehorse, Kate, which Alan must ride, but also the debt to Bill's wife, forces him to ask the same questions over and over again.


      Cast


      Arnis Līcītis as Alan York
      Ints Burans as Colonel William Davidson
      Ion Ungureanu as Inspector Lodge
      Romualdas Ramanauskas as Dan Hillman
      Mara Zwaigzne as Cat
      Gediminas Karka as Uncle George Edgar Penn
      Elza Radziņa as Auntie Debb Penn
      Jonas Vaitecaitis as Sandy Mason
      Vadim Vilsky as Tomkins
      Afanasi Trishkin as bandit


      Soundtrack


      The film actively uses the music of John Lennon from the album Imagine.


      References




      External links


      The Favorite at IMDb

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