Alan Ladd seems ill-suited for both the clothing and the character he portrays in this film, which suffers from his lackluster performance, though Stanley Clements manages to inject some energy as the roguish jockey “Johnny.” "Salty" (Ladd) owes his bookie, “Baxter” (Bruce Cabot), a significant sum of twenty thousand dollars, and with only thirty days left to pay it back, he’s in a difficult position. Fortunately, he…