Derby Day (1952)
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.
- Date of release
- 1952-06-09
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime
- Director
- Herbert Wilcox
Casting
- Anna Neagle — Lady Helen Forbes
- Michael Wilding — David Scott
- Googie Withers — Betty Molloy
- John McCallum — Tommy Dillon
- Peter Graves — Gerald Berkeley
- Suzanne Cloutier — Michele Jolivet
- Gordon Harker — Joe Jenkins
- Edwin Styles — Sir George Forbes
- Gladys Henson — Gladys Jenkins
- Nigel Stock — Jim Molloy
- Ralph Reader — Bill Hammond
- Tom Walls Jr. — Gilpin
Interesting facts
Derby Day is a 1952 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers, John McCallum, Peter Graves, Suzanne Cloutier and Gordon Harker. An ensemble piece, it portrays several characters on their way to the Derby Day races at Epsom Downs Racecourse. It was an attempt to revive the success that Neagle and Wilding had previously enjoyed on screen together. To promote the film, Wilcox arranged for Neagle to launch the film at the 1952 Epsom Derby.
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