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| Directed by | Jean Negulesco |
| Written by | Casey Robinson |
| Based on | "My Old Man" short story byErnest Hemingway |
| Produced by | Casey Robinson |
| Starring | John Garfield Micheline Presle Luther Adler Orley Lundgren Noel Drayton |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Music by | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Under My Skin is a 1950 Americansportsdrama film directed byJean Negulesco and starringJohn Garfield andMicheline Presle. It is based on the 1923short story "My Old Man", byErnest Hemingway, about a jockey being threatened by a mobster after winning a race he had agreed to throw.
The Hemingway story was later adapted for a 1979CBS television film,My Old Man, starringKristy McNichol,Warren Oates, andEileen Brennan.
Accused of throwing races back home, American jockey Danny Arnold now rides horses inItaly, where a gangster named Bork insists he deliberately lose a race. Dan double-crosses him, then avoids Bork's thugs, taking young son Joe with him toParis.
Intending to look up an old friend, Dan learns from cafe owner Paule Manet that the friend was murdered by criminals due to unpaid debts. British jockey George Gardner is able to find Dan gainful employment at the racetrack, while Joe persuades his dad that a new horse of theirs called Gilford would make a fine steeplechase racer. Dan disappoints his son by winning money on a fixed race that involved George.
Bork and his henchmen turn up. They threaten to kill Dan if he doesn't lose the next steeplechase race. They have their own jockey in the race to make sure things go their way, but Dan defies them, with George's help. He wins the race, but when another horse runs into Gilford at the finish line, Dan is thrown off and killed.
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