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"The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game" (1979)
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8 April 1980 (USA) more
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The cases of a disabled jockey turned private detective specializing in investigations involving horse racing. full summary
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Not Very Memorable more (5 total)
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(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 70) | Mike Gwilym | ... | Sid Halley (6 episodes, 1979-1980) |
| Mick Ford | ... | Chico Barnes (5 episodes, 1979) |
| James Maxwell | ... | Charles Roland (2 episodes, 1979) |
| Susan Wooldridge | ... | Jenny Halley (2 episodes, 1979) |
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UK:60 min (6 episodes) | USA:309 min
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The one reason I remember this is that it was shown the week after Nigel Kneale`s brilliant QUATERMASS serial was broadcast . The trailers made heavy emphasis that the main character had a mutilated arm which had me hoping he`d be like Victor Caroon from THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT stalking the streets of London .
No such luck because THE RACING GAME is just a rather drab thriller with the gimmick of having a hero with a physical disability trying to get to the bottom of investigations of corrupt horse racing . I suppose if you`re a fan of Dick Francis you might enjoy it but setting it in the context of the late 70s when THE SWEENEY had just finished and THE PROFESSIONALS was still being produced , there`s something lacking about THE RACING GAME . One trailer featured a car over taking another on a motor way , if it`d been a trailer for THE SWEENEY you`d see Jack Regan over taking a car and beating a confession out of the slags who`d done a blag while THE PROFESSIONALS would have over taken a car and blown away the terrorists inside . I think that sums up what`s wrong with this series