Jumping for Joy

Jumping for Joy

75 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1956

At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back in shape, Willy crosses paths with a gang of crooks who's specialty is fixing the races with doped dogs.

Jumping for Joy

75 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1956

Jumping for Joy
At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back in shape, Willy crosses paths with a gang of crooks who's specialty is fixing the races with doped dogs.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers The Rank Organisation
Original title Jumping for Joy
Directors Kathleen Hosgood, John Paddy Carstairs, Robert Asher
Writers Henry Blyth, Jack Davies

Cast

Frankie Howerd

as Willie Joy

Stanley Holloway

as Captain Jack Montague

Alfie Bass

as Blagg

Lionel Jeffries

as Bert Benton

Susan Beaumont

as Susan Storer

A.E. Matthews

as Lord Reginald Cranfield

Tony Wright

as Vincent

Joan Hickson

as Lady Emily Cranfield

Terence Longdon

as John Wyndham

Colin Gordon

as Max, 1st Commentator

Richard Wattis

as Carruthers

Danny Green

as Plug Ugly

Barbara Archer

as Marlene

William Kendall

as Blenkinsop

Ewen Solon

as Haines

Reginald Beckwith

as Smithers

Philip Stewart

as Dog Track Crowd