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Favorit (1976)

2h 12m

Running Time

June 1, 1976
Release Date

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Favorit (1976)

Name: Favorit
Released: 1976-06-01

2h 12m

Running Time

June 1, 1976
Release Date

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Plot.

Alan York is a race horse jockey who sees his friend and chief rival jockey fall to his death during a steeplechase race. Alan knows it could not have been an accident. He pursues clues while meeting a lovely young lady and her fascinating uncle, until he finally discovers why his friend died... and why he is next to die.

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Cast & Crew.

Arnis Licitis

Alan York

Ion Ungureanu

Lodge

Mara Zvaigzne

Kat

Gediminas Karka

Uncle George Penn

Elza Radziņa

Aunty Debb Penn

Aleksandr Snykov

Joe Nantvich

Jonas Vaitekaitis

Sandy Mason

Romualdas Ramanauskas

Dan Hillman

Ints Burans

Colonel Davidson

Yuri Khasso

Glenn

Vasile Brescanu

Director

Aleksei Nagornyj

Writer

Dick Francis

Novel

Geliy Ryabov

Writer

Leonid Proskurov

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
June 1, 1976

Original Name
Фаворит

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 12m

Filming Locations
Riga, Latvia

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

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.