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The Galloping Major is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Henry Cornelius with Basil Radford

The Galloping Major (1951)

The Galloping Major
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Length 1h22
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Genres Comedy
Rating61% 3.095133.095133.095133.095133.09513

The Galloping Major is a 1951 British comedy sports film starring Basil Radford, Jimmy Hanley and Janette Scott. It also featured Sid James, Charles Hawtrey and Joyce Grenfell in supporting roles. It was directed by Henry Cornelius. The title is taken from the song "The Galloping Major", and the plot was centred on gambling at the horse racing track. A syndicate in a London suburb club together to buy a race horse to run in the Grand National.



^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p495

Actors

Basil Radford

(Major Arthur Hill)Jimmy Hanley

(Bill Collins)Janette Scott

(Susan Hill)A. E. Matthews

(Sir Robert Medleigh)Rene Ray

(Pam Riley)
And :
Hugh Griffith
Joyce Grenfell
Charles Victor
Sydney Tafler
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