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Never Back Losers

  • 19611961
  • 1h 1m
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6.3/10
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Never Back Losers (1961)
Drama
Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine inquires into the "accident" an... Read allTwo rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine inquires into the "accident" and one of the gang leaders feels threatened by this and takes counter-measures.Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine inquires into the "accident" and one of the gang leaders feels threatened by this and takes counter-measures.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
113
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Robert Tronson
  • Writers
    • Lukas Heller(screenplay)
    • Edgar Wallace(novel)
  • Stars
    • Jack Hedley
    • Jacqueline Ellis
    • Patrick Magee
  • Director
    • Robert Tronson
  • Writers
    • Lukas Heller(screenplay)
    • Edgar Wallace(novel)
  • Stars
    • Jack Hedley
    • Jacqueline Ellis
    • Patrick Magee
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    • 8User reviews
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    Jack Hedley
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    • Jim Mathews
    Jacqueline Ellis
    Jacqueline Ellis
    • Marion Parker
    Patrick Magee
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    • Ben Black
    Richard Warner
    Richard Warner
    • Mr. Crabtree
    Derek Francis
    Derek Francis
    • R. R. Harris
    Austin Trevor
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    • Col. Warburton
    Harry Locke
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    Larry Martyn
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    • Clive Parker
    Howard Pays
    • Freddie
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    Larry Taylor
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    Harold Goodwin
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    • Director
      • Robert Tronson
    • Writers
      • Lukas Heller(screenplay)
      • Edgar Wallace(novel) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      One of a series of second feature films based on Edgar Wallace novels, released between 1960 and 1965 in British cinemas. The films were later sold to American TV and screened there as The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959).
    • Quotes

      [Final words]

      Jim Mathews: A good result.

      Ben Black: The right result. I never back losers.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: Never Back Losers (1961)

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    The usual scheme.
    A UK thriller in the American way. A private detective investigates on the accident of a jockey just after a race where he lost. And not only him, but also a bunch of guys who bet on him. Everything is predictable here, but it's not bad after all. It looks like a US piece of work, with a score adequate to the situations; little jazzy enough to keep some interest to the atmosphere. Gals, gangsters, handsome private eye snooping around, you have already seen this a billion times before, and will be after this too.

    Forgettable but a pretty time waster for lonesome Sunday evenings.

    I don't know the director, but I guess he made other Edgard Wallace Mystery episodes, or films.
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    • Release date
      • December 1961 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Merton Park Studios
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 1 minute
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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