Product Details

• Actors: Mike Gwilym, Mick Ford, James Maxwell, Susan Wooldridge, Jeananne Crowley
• Directors: John Mackenzie
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Acorn Media
• DVD Release Date: August 12, 2008
• Run Time: 309 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001A33ZIK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #43,755 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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A superbly produced production...five hours of riveting entertainment.

Product Description
As seen on the PBS Mystery! series

Sid Halley, champion steeplechase jockey, suffers a devastating injury in a fall that ends his career. He sinks into self-pity until his aristocratic father-in-law bullies him into trying something new: becoming a private detective. A great literary gumshoe emerges as Halley regains his dignity, faces his vulnerability, and finds new meaning in life.

Based on the novel Odds Against and other stories by former jockey and bestselling author Dick Francis, this series goes inside the cutthroat world of British horse racing. As owners scheme, bookies connive, and greed leads to murder, Halley uses what he learned as a jockey to expose the scoundrels in the Sport of Kings.

SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE Dick Francis biography.

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Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Especially recommended to Dick Francis fans, mystery buffs, and community library DVD collections!, August 13, 2008

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

A superbly produced production, "The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game" is a six episode, two volume boxed set that originally aired in the U.S. on the PBS award winning series 'Mystery!' in its 1980 inaugural season. Sid Halley is a star steeple chase rider who suffers a career-ending injury that ends his riding career and launches him into life as a private detective who specializes in all manner of race track mischief from bookies, to blackmailers, to murder. From top-notch acting, to spot on set designs, to a meticulous attention to Dick Francis' original story, "The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game" provides a bit more than five hours of riveting entertainment and is especially recommended to Dick Francis fans, mystery buffs, and community library DVD collections!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great series, October 15, 2008

By	S. Chatterjee "onereader" (Phoenix) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Loved this series. Very true to the Dick Francis Mysteries that featured Sid Halley. I've seen the other "movies" that were based on Dick Frances works and they were horrible. Barely recognizable as being based on his books. Watching this series was pure pleasure. Well written and well acted. Sure wish there were more!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the novels, January 11, 2009

By	Jim Thomas (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews

Fairly well done adaption of the novels. Production values only fair, but a gritty portrayal. Worth watching if you are a Dick Francis fan.