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.
Acorn Media has given us advance word that they will release the classic 1979 British mini-series
The Racing Game, seen on the PBS
Mystery! series, to DVD this Summer. This North American home video release will include a biography of renowned mystery writer Dick Francis, whose stories this 6-episode production is based upon. The 2-disc set runs 308 minutes long and will cost $39.99 SRP in the U.S.A., and CA$49.99 SRP in Canada. It will be available starting
August 12th, and here is a look at the novel-inspired DVD front cover:
