Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Norman Wisdom | ... | Norman Hackett | |
Margaret Rutherford | ... | Mrs. Dooley | |
Jill Dixon | ... | Anne | |
Leslie Phillips | ... | Hon. Richard Lumb | |
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Delphi Lawrence | ... | Miss Daviot |
Joan Sims | ... | Phoebe | |
Edward Chapman | ... | Mr. Stoneway | |
Peter Copley | ... | Gilbert Weaver | |
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Vic Wise | ... | Eddie Diamond |
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Marjorie Rhodes | ... | Mrs. Hackett |
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Michael Ward | ... | Cranley |
Marianne Stone | ... | Tea Bar Attendant | |
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Felix Felton | ... | Man in Cinema |
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Michael Brennan | ... | Masseur |
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Cyril Chamberlain | ... | Goodwood Official |
Norman Hackett (Norman Wisdom) works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a diamond pendant but calculates it will take him over one hundred years to save up for it. He is talked into betting a pound on a six horse accumulator at the Goodwood races with a slightly shady bookmaker. When he has won on the first five races, the bookie owes him over sixteen thousand pounds sterling and everyone begins to worry. Everyone's future depends on a single race. What can be done? Written by Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
While not one of Norman Wisdom's best films, this outing, in which the lovable bungler bets on the horses trying to win big, is enjoyable enough.
It perhaps does go on a bit longer than it should, ending a bit abruptly too, but all in all the charm of Wisdom makes this a lot of fun to watch.