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Davy is a British film of genre Drama directed by Michael Leighton George Relph with Harry Secombe
Davy (1958)
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Add to a movie listDavy is a 1958 British comedy-drama film directed by Michael Relph and starring Harry Secombe, Alexander Knox and Ron Randell. It was the last comedy to be made by Ealing Studios and had the distinction of being the first British film in Technirama. Already a popular British radio personality on The Goon Show, Davy was intended to launch Harry Secombe's solo career, but it was only moderately successful.
Peter Frampton, who plays young Tim was the son of Harry Frampton: Makeup artist for many years at Ealing. He would eventually follow in his father's footsteps: working as his assistant on several films, including Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972). In 1995, Peter Frampton won the Oscar® for Best Makeup for Braveheart. He remembered his filming on Davy fondly, as "it meant time off school and (getting the) star treatment."
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Synopsis
A young entertainer is conflicted over the chance of a big break. He has to decide whether to remain with his family's music hall act or to go solo. An audition scene at Covent Garden includes an especially fine rendition of Puccini's Nessun Dorma by Secombe, who, while known mainly as a comedian, had a fine tenor voice, and Mozart's Voi Che Sapete performend by Adele Leigh.Actors
Harry Secombe
(Davy Morgan)
Alexander Knox
(Sir Giles Manning)
Bill Owen
(Eric)
Ron Randell
(George)
Joan Sims
(Tea Lady)
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