Flying Fifty-Five
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Flying Fifty-Five | |
---|---|
Directed by | Reginald Denham |
Produced by | Victor M. Greene |
Written by | Edgar Wallace (novel) Vernon Clancey Kenneth Horne Victor M. Greene |
Starring | Derrick De Marney Nancy Burne Marius Goring Peter Gawthorne |
Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
Edited by | Ted Richards |
Production
company |
Admiral Films
|
Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release dates
|
May 1939 |
Running time
|
72 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Flying Fifty-Five is a 1939 British sports-drama film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Derrick De Marney, Nancy Burne, John Warwick and Peter Gawthorne.[1] It was made by Admiral Films at Welwyn Studios.[2] The film is based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace.[3]
Synopsis
After being disinherited by his wealthy father, an amateur jockey goes to work under an assumed name at a rural racing stables. Confusion arises when he is mistakenly reported to have been murdered.
Partial cast
- Derrick De Marney - Bill Urquhart
- Nancy Burne - Stella Barrington
- Marius Goring - Charles Barrington
- John Warwick - Jebson
- Peter Gawthorne - Jonas Urquhart
- D. A. Clarke-Smith - Jacques Gregory
- Amy Veness - Aunt Eliza
- Ronald Shiner - Scrubby Oaks
- Billy Bray - Cheerful
- Francesca Bahrle - Clare
- Terry-Thomas - Young man
- Norman Pierce - Creditor
- Basil McGrail - Jockey
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
Bibliography
- Wood, Linda. British Films 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Flying Fifty-Five at AllMovie
- Flying Fifty-Five at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Flying Fifty-Five at IMDb
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Categories:
- Pages with reference errors
- English-language films
- 1939 films
- 1930s drama films
- 1930s sports films
- Black-and-white films
- British films
- Films directed by Reginald Denham
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
- British drama films
- British sports films
- Horse racing films
- Welwyn Studios films
- 1930s British film stubs
- Sports film stubs