Derby Day

Derby Day

84 mins | Drama | June 9, 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.

Derby Day

84 mins | Drama | June 9, 1952

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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Herbert Wilcox Productions
Original title Derby Day
Directors Herbert Wilcox
Writers Arthur Austen, John Baines

Cast

Anna Neagle

as Lady Helen Forbes

Michael Wilding

as David Scott

Googie Withers

as Betty Molloy

John McCallum

as Tommy Dillon

Peter Graves

as Gerald Berkeley

Suzanne Cloutier

as Michele Jolivet

Gordon Harker

as Joe Jenkins

Edwin Styles

as Sir George Forbes

Gladys Henson

as Gladys Jenkins

Nigel Stock

as Jim Molloy

Ralph Reader

as Bill Hammond

Tom Walls Jr.

as Gilpin

Josephine Fitzgerald

as O'Shaughnessy

Alfie Bass

as Spider Wilkes

Toni Edgar-Bruce

as Mrs. Harbottle-Smith

Ewan Roberts

as Studio Driver

Leslie Weston

as Capt. Goggs

Sam Kydd

as Harry Bunn

Brian Johnston

as Interviewer

Raymond Glendenning

as Narration and Commentary

Robert Brown

as Foster - Berkeley's Butler

John Chandos

as Man on Train (uncredited)

Cyril Conway

as Hinchcliffe - Coalman

Arthur Hambling

as Col. Tremaine

H.R. Hignett

as Lawson - Lady Forbes' Butler

Myrette Morven

as Mrs. Tremaine

Hugh Moxey

as Police Constable

Derek Prentice

as Old Man (uncredited)

Philip Ray

as 2nd Newspaper Reporter

Michael Ripper

as 1st Newspaper Reporter

Cicely Walper

as Mrs. Wickham - Housekeeper (uncredited)

Richard Wattis

as Editor

Frank Webster

as Taxi Driver

Gerald Andersen

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)