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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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  • | 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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  • ...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 * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1929-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
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  • | studio = [[Remus Films]] ...ar the racecourse, run by Colonel and Mrs Wagstaff, where they conceal the horse Sweet Lavender (and later the jockey) in a hidden cellar.
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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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  • ...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 ...My Luck'' is not a piece of comedic genius, nor even the best of Wisdom's films, but it's an amiable, well-constructed piece that recalls a gentler age".<r
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  • ...film, both of whom would go onto act as straight men to Hay in his future films. ...Twist]], of a dubious boarding school for boys. Twist bets on the [[horse racing|horses]] with his pupils and teaches them little. Colonel Willoughby-Gore a
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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 = [[Group 3 Films]] ...y [[James Bridie]]. The film was produced by the government-back [[Group 3 Films]] and shot at [[Southall Studios]] with sets designed by the [[art director
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  • | studio = [[London Films]] <br> Individual Pictures | distributor = [[British Lion Films]]
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  • ...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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  • ...e specially-written comedies on similar lines, and there were also serious films, particularly later in Walls's career. Away from acting, Walls's passion was horse racing. He set up stables at his home in [[Surrey]] and trained about 150 winners,
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  • * Nigel "Little Hutch" Hutchinson, a sex-mad pal who always has a racing tip for Terry The pubs frequented by the lads include The Black Horse (which is their most regular "local", featuring landlord Jack and barmaid G
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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 ...in ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' (1972) and ''[[Carry On Girls]]'' (1973) (both films also featured her future ''EastEnders'' colleague [[Barbara Windsor]]). Ric
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  • The pair starred in three feature films during the 1960s — ''[[The Intelligence Men]]'' (1965), ''[[That Riviera ..., which was based on a dance performed by [[Groucho Marx]] in the film ''[[Horse Feathers]]''.<ref>{{Harvnb|McCann|1999|p=224}}</ref>
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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. ...'s Half Hour]]'', Le Mesurier appeared in [[Tony Hancock]]'s two principal films, ''[[The Rebel (1961 film)|The Rebel]]'' and ''[[The Punch and Judy Man]]''
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