Derby Day
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
Herbert Wilcox
Casts & Crew
Anna Neagle
Michael Wilding
Googie Withers
John McCallum
Peter Graves
Suzanne Cloutier
Gordon Harker
Edwin Styles
Gladys Henson
Nigel Stock
Ralph Reader
Tom Walls Jr.
Josephine Fitzgerald
Alfie Bass
Toni Edgar-Bruce
Ewan Roberts
Leslie Weston
Sam Kydd
Brian Johnston
Raymond Glendenning
Gerald Anderson
Robert Brown
John Chandos
Cyril Conway
Arthur Hambling
H.R. Hignett
Myrette Morven
Hugh Moxey
Derek Prentice
Philip Ray
Michael Ripper
Cicely Walper
Richard Wattis
Frank Webster
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