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The Turners of Prospect Road

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Initial release
  
1947

Running time
  
1h 28m

Cast
  
Charles Farrell

Duration
  

Director
  
Maurice J. Wilson

Genre
  
Drama

Writer
  
Victor Katona, Patrick Kirwan

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The Turners of Prospect Road is a 1947 British drama film directed by Maurice J. Wilson and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Helena Pickard and Maureen Glynne. A pet greyhound wins a major race meeting. As of 1996 it was missing from the National Film Archive.

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Plot

A London cabby finds a greyhound puppy in his cab, and gives it to his daughter. She raises it and trains it up at the race tracks; and in spite of crooked rival owners, the dog eventually wins the Greyhound Derby.

Cast

  • Wilfrid Lawson - Will Turner
  • Helena Pickard - Lil Turner
  • Maureen Glynne - Betty Turner
  • Amy Veness - Grandma
  • Jeanne de Casalis - Mrs. Webster
  • Shamus Locke - Terence O'Keefe
  • Desmond Tester - Nicky
  • Christopher Steele - Magistrate
  • Giselle Morlais - Jacqueline
  • Joy Frankau - Ruby
  • Andrew Blackett - Andrew Carroll
  • Gus McNaughton - Knocker
  • Charles Farrell - Jack
  • Peter Bull - J.G. Clarkson
  • Critical reception

    TV Guide noted, "there are some fine moments of humor in this simple film and the acting is good, though not extraordinary. Made on an obviously limited budget, this is a good example of generic filmmaking, its amiable and predictable story populated by cutout characters."

    References

    The Turners of Prospect Road Wikipedia
    The Turners of Prospect Road IMDb