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Grand Slam is a British film of genre Comedy with Hugh Griffith

Grand Slam (1978)

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Length 1h2
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films,    Rugby
Rating79% 3.996853.996853.996853.996853.99685

Grand Slam is a 1978 sports comedy film produced by BBC Wales. The film starred Oscar-winning actor Hugh Griffith, Windsor Davies, Dewi "Pws" Morris and Sion Probert. The play was written for television by Gwenlyn Parry and then-head of drama for BBC Wales, John Hefin.

Synopsis

Four men, members of a Welsh rugby union club, fly to Paris as part of a weekend outing to see Wales play France in the Five Nations Championship match that will decide the Grand Slam title.

Actors

Hugh Griffith

(Caradog Lloyd-Evans)
Windsor Davies

(Mog Jones)
Sharon Morgan

(Odette)
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