When the box-office manager takes off with all the money belonging to a traveling theatre-troupe, the show's promoters and leading performers, Bill Potter and Jim Truman, have to sell off of the show's assets to a theatre in Newcastle in order to pay the actors. They have enough money left over to open up a bookie's stall in London taking bets on greyhound-racing.
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for pre-war British scrappiness. If you’re looking for high-stakes drama that makes sense, look elsewhere. People who love the specific rhythm of 1930s poverty-comedies will probably get a kick out of it. Everyone else might find the plot a bit of a headache...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for pre-war British scrappiness. If you’re looking for high-stakes drama that makes sense, look elsewhere. People who love the specific rhythm of 1930s poverty-comedies will probably get a kick out of it. Everyone else might find the plot a bit of a headache. The whole thing kicks off with a theater troupe losing everything. It’s the kind of premise that moves fast because it has to. Before you know it, we are in Newcastle, then Lond..."
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Syd Courtenay, Lola Harvey, Norman Lee
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