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The Galloping Major (1951) A syndicate is set up by a horse lover to buy a particular racehorse, but they accidentally buy

The Galloping Major (1951)

A syndicate is set up by a horse lover to buy a particular racehorse, but they accidentally buy the wrong horse. The horse is useless on the flat, so they decide to enter him as a jumper.

Cast:
Major Arthur Hill: Basil Radford
Bill Collins: Jimmy Hanley
Susan Hill: Janette Scott
Sir Robert Medleigh: A.E. Matthews
Pam Riley: Rene Ray
Harold Temple: Hugh Griffith
Maggie: Joyce Grenfell
Sam Fisher: Charles Victor
Mr. Leon: Sydney Tafler
Sergeant Adair: Julien Mitchell
Ernie Smart: Charles Lamb
Lew Rimmel: Charles Hawtrey
Bert: Kenneth Evans
Charlie - Newsboy: Alfie Bass
Bottomley - Bookmaker: Sidney James
Film Director: Kenneth More
Studio Assistant: Stuart Latham
Auctioneer: Gilbert Davis
Horsey Lady: Ellen Pollock
Capt. E.G. Peters: Tom Walls Jr.
2nd Trainer: Duncan Lamont
Jockey: Joe Clark
Albert: Roy Carr
The Galloping Major: Bobbie
Self - Guest Artiste: Charlie Smirke
Self - Guest Artiste: Aintree Announcer: Raymond Glendenning
Self - Guest Artiste: BBC Announcer: Bruce Belfrage
Self - Guest Artiste: Actress Playing Queen Elizabeth: Marion Harris Jr.
Man Buying Newspaper: Jack Armstrong
Film Crewman on Chester Set: Eddie Boyce
Arguing Bus Passenger: Ernie Rice
Jack - Jockey: Joe E. Carr
Studio Sergeant: Clifford Cobbe
Cameraman: Michael Corcoran
Policeman: Raymond Rollett
Passerby: Harold Coyne
Desmond - Clapper Loader: Desmond Davis
Attendant: Joe Day
Clergyman: Arthur Denton
Racegoer: Arthur Dibbs
Narrator: E.V.H. Emmett
Reporter: Pat Ryan
Race Spectator: Mabel Etherington
Bus Depot Supervisor: Alec Finter
Stallholder: Harold Goodwin
Man at Syndicate Meeting: Robert Gregory
Lambs Green Resident: Billy Wilmot
Tic-tac Man: George Hilsdon
Tea Stall Server: Thora Hird
Schoolgirl: Barbara Joss
Man in Queue: Gerry Judge
Newspaper Vendor: Sam Kydd
Harry Green - Butcher: James Lomas
Punter: Arthur Lovegrove
Photographer: Donovan Winter
Lady at Meeting: Edie Martin
Girl Assistant: Mary Matthews
Spectator: Jacqueline Maude
Club Member: Charles Wood
Auctioneer's Clerk: Ernest Metcalfe
Rosedale Film Studio Assistant: Arthur Mullard
Studio Horse-box Driver: Billy Russell
Bookie: Paddy Smith
Parks Official: George Spence
'Nosey' Parker: Michael Trubshawe
Blimpish Character: Michael Ward
Charlie Smith's Secretary: Joseph Warwick
Sentry: Ben Williams

Written by: Basil Radford, Monja Danischewsky, Henry Cornelius

Director: Henry Cornelius

Production: Romulus Films, British Lion Film Corporation, Riverside Studios Ltd.

Release date: 20 Oct 1951
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