Take a Chance (1937 film)
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Director Sinclair Hill Music director John Reynders Produced by Harcourt Templeman Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Cinematography John W. Boyle Duration Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Walter C. Hackett , G.H. Moresby-White , D.B. Wyndham-Lewis Release date January 1937 Cast Claude Hulbert (Alastair Pallivant), Binnie Hale (Wilhelmina Ryde), Henry Kendall (Archie Burton), Enid Stamp-Taylor (Cicely Burton), Harry Tate (Sergeant Tugday), Guy Middleton (Richard Carfax)Similar movies Midnight Menace (1937), The Guns of Loos (1928), The Man from Toronto (1933) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Take a Chance is a 1937 British comedy sports film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Claude Hulbert, Binnie Hale and Henry Kendall. It depicts farcical events in the horse racing world.
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Production
The film was based on a play by Walter C. Hackett. It was made at Ealing Studios by the independent production company Grosvenor Films.
Synopsis
The cynical Richard Carfax develops a relationship with Cicely Burton, the wife of a race horse owner, in order to get inside information on a horse named 'Take a Chance' which is considered to be the favorite in an upcoming race. Her suspicious husband hires Alastair Pallivant, an incompetent tipster and part-time detective, to tail her and swears that he will scratch the horse from the race if he uncovers evidence about Carfax and his wife. Having his own private arrangement with a betting gang, Pallivant does everything he can to prevent the favourite from running. However, he encounters the equally determined Wilhelmina Ryde, a garage owner who stands to win heavily if the favorite rides to victory.
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References
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