Directed by:
Henry CorneliusScreenplay:
Henry CorneliusCinematography:
Stanley PaveyComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Basil Radford, Janette Scott, René Ray, Hugh Griffith, Charles Hawtrey, Alfie Bass, Sidney James, Ellen Pollock, Michael Ward, Kenneth More, Joyce Grenfell (more)Plots(1)
After a successful day at the races, Major Arthur Hill (Basil Radford) and Harold Temple (Hugh Griffith) decide to raise a £300 syndicate to buy a certain racehorse. With excited help from their friends (Janette Scott, Jimmy Hanley, Rene Ray, Joyce Grenfell, A. E. Matthews) they get the money, but things don't go so smoothly from here. First, they accidently buy the wrong horse which proves to have more of an affinity for jumping than racing. They then decide to train it themselves as a jumper under the new name "The Galloping Major". However, on the night before the Grand National, the horse mysteriously disappears. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Basil Radford
UK
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Janette Scott
UK
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René Ray
UK
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Hugh Griffith
UK
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Charles Hawtrey
UK
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Alfie Bass
UK
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Sidney James
South Africa
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Ellen Pollock
German Empire
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Michael Ward
UK
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Kenneth More
UK
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Joyce Grenfell
UK
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Leslie Phillips
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Donovan Winter
UK
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Duncan Lamont
Portugal
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Jimmy Hanley
UK
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Sydney Tafler
UK
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Raymond Rollett
UK
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Harold Coyne
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Arthur Lovegrove
UK
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Arthur Denton
UK
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