Home In Indiana

Heartfelt story about Sparke Thorton (Lon McCallister), a city kid who goes to live in the country with his aunt and uncle (Charlotte Greenwood and Walter Brennan), a pair of semi-retired horse breeders with only one trotter left on their farm. Char (Jeanne Crain) and Cri-Cri (June Haver) are the two local lovelies who show Sparke another side of country living (swimming holes and jitterbugging, primarily--this is the 1940s). With the help of his uncle and the handyman (Willie Best), Sparke decides to raise a filly and become a champion sulky racer himself. This is a cheerful, upbeat film with some nice location work on the racetracks of Kentucky, Indiana, a...