Run For Blue

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Run For Blue

"Share a year of true-life action with America's Cowgirls ...Thrills and Heartaches tied to a Ribbon of Blue!"

1976

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Western

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Family film centered around horse racing and going for the Blue Ribbon

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Rex Allen

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