As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's (Ian Hogg's) horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies...
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Title: Dead Cert (1974)
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| Scott Antony | ... | Alan York | |
| Judi Dench | ... | Laura Davidson | |
| Michael Williams | ... | Sandy Mason | |
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Nina Thomas | ... | Penny Brocker |
| Julian Glover | ... | Lodge | |
| Mark Dignam | ... | Clifford Tudor | |
| John Bindon | ... | Walter | |
| Joseph Blatchley | ... | Joe Nantwich | |
| Ian Hogg | ... | Bill Davidson | |
| Sean Lynch | ... | Sid | |
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Hideo Saito | ... | Yuko |
| Geoffrey Bateman | ... | Everest | |
| Mick Dillon | ... | Jockey (as Mickey Dillon) | |
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Bill Fraser | ... | Uncle George |
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Frank Gentry | ... | Gipsy |
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As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's (Ian Hogg's) horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies from his injuries. His friend Alan York (Scott Antony) suspects the animal was doped by unscrupulous bookies and starts to investigate. He doesn't know how serious his opponents are, and that he's in danger to suffer the same fate as his friend. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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6 September 1974 (Ireland) See more »Also Known As:
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This film is sort of, kind of maybe based on the Dick Francis book of the same name. But only the name has not been changed presumably to protect the guilty. It's a pity because book plot was fairly filmable whereas the mess served up here by Tony Richardson is not. I have been surprised for many years that the Francis books have not all been put on film or tv. Maybe this rubbish put people off trying.