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The Sport of Kings (film)

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Director
  
Victor Saville

Genre
  
Comedy

4.8/10
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Initial release
  
February 23, 1931

Running time
  
1h 30m

Cast
  
Leslie Henson

Writer
  
Ian Hay (play), Angus MacPhail

Related Victor Saville movies
  
A Warm Corner (1930), Me and Marlborough (1935), Tonight and Every Night (1945), Dark Journey (1937), I Was a Spy (1933)

The Sport of Kings is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Leslie Henson, Hugh Wakefield and Gordon Harker. A stern Justice of the Peace takes over a firm of bookmakers. It was based on a 1924 play of the same title by Ian Hay.

The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures at Elstree Studios. Its sets were designed by Walter Murton.

Cast

  • Leslie Henson as Amos Purdie
  • Hugh Wakefield as Algernon Sprigg
  • Gordon Harker as Bates
  • Jack Melford as Sir Reginald Toothill
  • Willie Graham as Albert
  • Dorothy Boyd as Dulcie Primrose
  • Renee Clama as Jane
  • Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Purdie
  • Barbara Gott as Cook
  • Daphne Scorer as Lizzie
  • Wally Patch as Panama Pete

    • References

    The Sport of Kings (film) Wikipedia
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    The Sport of Kings (film) IMDb


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