The Return of October

The Return of October
Directed by	Joseph H. Lewis
Screenplay by	Melvin Frank Norman Panama
Story by	Karen DeWolf Connie Lee
Produced by	Rudolph Maté
Starring	Glenn Ford Terry Moore Albert Sharpe James Gleason
Cinematography	William Snyder
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Music by	George Duning
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	October 26, 1948 (1948-10-26) (New York City) December 21, 1948 (1948-12-21) (United States)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1 million[1]

The Return of October is a 1948 American sports comedy film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Glenn Ford, Terry Moore and James Gleason.^[2] It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Terry is a teenage girl whose Uncle Willy, a horse trainer, dreams of winning the Derby. He bets everything on his horse Sunset, then collapses and dies after it loses.

Now living with wealthy Aunt Martha, the girl is convinced that Uncle Willy has been reincarnated as a horse named October. A psychology professor, Bentley Bassett, writes a book about Terry, which is used in a sanity hearing against her by crooked relatives who want dying Aunt Martha's money.

Bassett uses college funds to help Terry buy the horse. They enter October in the Derby, where other bettors join them in cheering "Uncle Willy" to victory.

• List of films about horses
• List of films about horse racing

• Feature films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography, by Alan G. Fetrow

• Aaker, Everett. Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland, 2017.

• The Return of October at IMDb
• The Return of October at Rotten Tomatoes

This 1940s comedy film-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This article related to an American film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e