Hot Heels

Glenn Higgins and Patsy Jones are not your typical heroes; they are a vaudeville song-and-dance duo whose livelihood depends on the fickle applause of small-town audiences. Their journey leads them into the heart of Kentucky, a 'tank-town' that serves as a breeding ground for sharpies, wise-guys, and high-stakes gamblers. These local grifters, distinguished by their ostentatious spats and silver-topped canes, have orchestrated a scheme to ensure a prize horse named 'Hot Heels' loses his upcoming race. The conflict reaches a fever pitch when Glenn, blinded by the seductive manipulations of a local 'vamp' and a supposed 'hot tip,' bets the duo's entire life savings on the horse. What follows is a frantic collision of stage-managed artifice and the gritty reality of the turf, as the performers must navigate a web of deceit to save their future from a fixed race.