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  • ...ut. Later Evans manages to repay the gentleman's kindness by exposing his horse trainer as a duplicitous con-merchant. [[Category:1938 films]]
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  • ...vel of the same name by the prolific [[Edgar Wallace]]. It is one of five films starring Miller which is not known to be extant, and is classed as "missing ...tantly on his toes, as circumstances continually threaten to reveal to the horse's owners the ramshackle conditions in which the animal is kept.
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  • | distributor = [[Gaumont British Distributors]] ...06 |archive-date=2 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The owner of a racing stables has high hopes of winning [[Epsom Derby|The Derby]], but fate inter
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  • | studio = [[Romulus Films]] ...y Hanley]] and [[Janette Scott]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aac9e87|title=The Galloping Major (1951)}}</ref> It also fe
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  • | studio = [[Remus Films]] '''''Dry Rot''''' is a 1956 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]], and starring [[Ronald Shiner
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  • | studio = Associated London Films ...tor = [[EMI Films|Anglo–EMI]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b74a624|title=''Steptoe and Son Ride Again'' (1973)|work=BF
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  • '''''Just My Luck''''' is a 1957 British [[sports film|sports]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] ...a diamond pendant for her and, after persuasion, gambles a pound on a six-horse accumulator at the Goodwood races. The bookmaker grows concerned when it ap
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  • | distributor = [[Gaumont British Distributors]] '''''Good Morning, Boys!''''' is a 1937 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and featuring [[Will Hay]], [
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  • | studio = [[Group 3 Films]] | distributor = [[Associated British-Pathé]] (UK)
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  • | image = I've Gotta Horse poster.jpg ...web|url=http://www.sixtiescity.net/Mbeat/mbfilms117.htm|title=''I've Gotta Horse''}} by [[Bill Harry|Bill Harry]] at sixtiescity.net – Accessed 2015-12-13
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  • | studio = [[London Films]] <br> Individual Pictures | distributor = [[British Lion Films]]
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  • {{short description|1971 British comedy film by Gerald Thomas}} ...the 22nd release in the [[Carry On (film series)|series of 31 ''Carry On'' films]] (1958–1992), and was the first box office failure of the series. This f
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  • ...next decade. He and his co-star [[Ralph Lynn]] were among the most popular British actors of their time. ...e specially-written comedies on similar lines, and there were also serious films, particularly later in Walls's career.
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  • ...to 1969. Richard then starred in two ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' films. In the television series ''[[Dad's Army]]'', she was [[Private Walker]]'s ....com/soaps/news/a58280/the-british-soap-awards-2007-the-winners/|title=The British Soap Awards 2007: The Winners|first=Kris|last=Green|website=Digital Spy |ac
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  • '''''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?''''' is a [[British sitcom]] which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on [[B ...iderable degree the comedy is built on class warfare – a theme familiar to British television audiences in the 1970s, a period of virtually continuous industr
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  • ...st of the [[100 Greatest British Television Programmes]] drawn up by the [[British Film Institute]] in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, ''[[The More In 1976, Morecambe and Wise were both awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]. In 1999, they were posthumously awarded the [[BAFTA Fellowshi
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  • ...ngwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelt ...hway Howard|2011|p=51}} Later in 1915, and with the closure of the English racing season because of the [[First World War]], Formby moved to Ireland where he
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  • ...",<ref name="Guardian: star dies" /> Le Mesurier appeared in more than 120 films across a range of genres, normally in smaller supporting parts. ...] Le Mesurier was posted to [[British Raj|British India]], as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] with the [[Royal Tank Regiment]]. Followi
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