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Director
  
Raoul Walsh

Music director
  
Percival Mackey

Country
  
United Kingdom

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Jump for Glory movie poster

Release date
  
5 March 1937

Writer
  
Harold French, Gordon McDonnell (novel), John Meehan Jr.

Screenplay
  
Harold French, John Meehan Jr

Cast
  
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
(Ricky Morgan),
Valerie Hobson
(Glory Fane),
Alan Hale
(Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'),
Jack Melford
(Thompson),
Anthony Ireland
(Sir Timothy Haddon),
Barbara Everest
(Mrs. Nolan)

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Jump for Glory is a 1937 British romantic drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Valerie Hobson and Alan Hale. It was based on a novel by Gordon McDonnell.

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Synopsis

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Rick Morgan, an American involved in the bootlegging trade, is forced to relocate to Britain where he becomes one of the top cat burglars in London. One night while breaking into a house he runs into the daughter of its occupant Glory Fane and they soon fall in love. However, one of Morgan's old associates from the United States, now masquerading as a respectable member of British society, threatens to wreck his chances of going straight and finding happiness with Glory.

Cast

  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Ricky Morgan
  • Valerie Hobson as Glory Howard later Glory Fane
  • Alan Hale as Jim Diall (alias Colonel Fane)
  • Jack Melford as Thompson
  • Anthony Ireland as Sir Timothy Haddon
  • Barbara Everest as Mrs. Nolan
  • Edward Rigby as Sander
  • Esme Percy as Robinson
  • Basil Radford as Defending Counsel
  • Leo Genn as Prosecuting Counsel
  • Ian Fleming as Coroner
  • Frank Birch as Vicar

    • References

    Jump for Glory Wikipedia
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