CHYRON - TORONTO, MAY 1924
EXT. WOODBINE RACETRACK - TORONTO - DAY
Under an unusually hot May sun, trainers work out the horses on a heavy track. SPECTATORS mill about on the grounds and in the grandstand.
JACK GILMOUR (24, tall), in a stylish cotton jacket, deftly rolls a silver dollar across his knuckles. His brother RUSS (26, strong), in a casual shirt and suspenders, slurps ice cream from a cup. EUGENE MARTINI (40s, chubby) waddles over.
He fans himself with his racing form.
EUGENE
My nuts are meltin' into my Oxfords.
Eugene side-eyes Russ.
EUGENE
Heard you guys were at Fusty's.
(beat)
How much ya lose?
Russ gives him a low, muted whistle. Eugene wipes his forehead and flings the sweat away.
EUGENE
Christ, everybody knows that little lunatic runs a fixed game.
(beat)
Except for you two, apparently.
Who ya got?
Jack holds up five fingers. Eugene scans his racing form.
EUGENE
"Hay Fever. Forty to one." The long shot? He finished out of the money in his last five races, Jack.
(beat)
I changed my mind. Fusty Fraser isn't the lunatic. You are.
Jack smirks. The "First Call" trumpet BLARES. He kisses the silver dollar for luck. At the bell, the gates fly open. Powerful thoroughbreds tear up the heavy track. Hay Fever immediately slips to the back of the pack.
EUGENE
Maybe he needs a push.
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Two brothers, on the run from a Canadian mobster, take the reins in New York gangster Frankie Yale’s audacious plan to fix the 1924 King's Plate.
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