Genevieve (Original title)
Dates: 1953 (Copyright), 24 August 1953 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Henry Cornelius
Synopsis: Comedy about the owners of two vintage motor cars, friends and rivals. High Court lawyer Alan McKim always enters his veteran (i.e., pre-1905) car Genevieve for the annual weekend London to Brighton run. Although it is not technically a race, he accepts a wager with his friend Ambrose to see who can return first to Westminster Bridge. Alan's wife Wendy is not so fond of the rally but agrees to go along as it means so much to her husband. Ambrose brings along his trumpet-playing new girlfriend Rosalind, who in turn brings her St Bernard dog. Saturday's journey to Brighton is filled with various mishaps, mechanical and otherwise, but after a row in Brighton the gloves come off and Sunday's journey back becomes a treachery-filled, cat-and-mouse game of oneupmanship, with everything now to lose.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Classic cars, Rallying, Couples
Releases
Date: 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 86 mins Length: 7766 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 110 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1953 (Copyright), 24 August 1953 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Henry Cornelius
Synopsis: Comedy about the owners of two vintage motor cars, friends and rivals. High Court lawyer Alan McKim always enters his veteran (i.e., pre-1905) car Genevieve for the annual weekend London to Brighton run. Although it is not technically a race, he accepts a wager with his friend Ambrose to see who can return first to Westminster Bridge. Alan's wife Wendy is not so fond of the rally but agrees to go along as it means so much to her husband. Ambrose brings along his trumpet-playing new girlfriend Rosalind, who in turn brings her St Bernard dog. Saturday's journey to Brighton is filled with various mishaps, mechanical and otherwise, but after a row in Brighton the gloves come off and Sunday's journey back becomes a treachery-filled, cat-and-mouse game of oneupmanship, with everything now to lose.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Classic cars, Rallying, Couples
Releases
Date: 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 86 mins Length: 7766 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 110 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: Sirius Productions, Presents: The J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, A Henry Cornelius production: Henry Cornelius, Production Manager: George Pitcher, Production Controller: Arthur Alcott, [Location Manager]: T.S. Lyndon-Haynes, [Production Secretary]: M. Flower, Assistant Director: John Arnold, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: David W. Orton, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Erica Masters, Continuity: Yvonne Axworthy, [Location Continuity]: Jadwiga Leach, [Casting]: Weston Drury Jr, Story and Screenplay by: William Rose, Director of Photography: Christopher Challis, Technicolor Colour Consultant: Joan Bridge, Camera Operator: Ted Moore, [Focus Puller]: Ray Parslow, [Clapper Loader]: Tony Spratling, Bill Bonner, [Stills]: Paul Bowen, Editor: Clive Donner, [Assistant Editor]: Eric Boyd-Perkins, Art Director: Michael Stringer, [Set Dresser]: Peter James, [Chief Draughtsman]: Lionel Couch, [Draughtsman]: Jim Able, Roy Dorman, Costume Designer: Marjory Cornelius, Costume Assistant: Irene Segalla, Make-up: Paul Rabiger, Hairdressing: Helen Penfold, Music Composed and Played by: Larry Adler, Dance Numbers by: Eric Rogers, Musical Director: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recordist: C.C. Stevens, Gordon K. McCallum, [Sound Assistant]: Harold Clark, [Sound Assistant]: Geoffrey Daniels, [Sound Assistant]: Des Edwards, [Sound Assistant]: Fred Fleming, [Sound Assistant]: Bill Daniels, [Sound Assistant]: Les Wiggins, Archie Ludski, Dubbing Editor: Harry Miller, [Sound Effects Recording]: John W. Mitchell, Studio: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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Dinah Sheridan (Wendy McKim), John Gregson (Alan McKim), Kay Kendall (Rosalind Peters), Kenneth More (Ambrose Claverhouse), Geoffrey Keen (1st speed cop), Reginald Beckwith (J.C. Callahan), Arthur Wontner (elderly gentleman), Joyce Grenfell (hotel proprietress), Leslie Mitchell (himself), Alan Robinson ([barrister]), Patrick Young ([John, barrister]), Arthur Denton ([starter]), Joe Clarke ([Jaguar driver]), Stanley Escane ([newsreel cameraman]), Arthur Lovegrove ([Hotel Metropole doorman]), Edie Martin ([hotel guest]), Dinah Sheridan ([scream from next hotel room]), Michael Balfour ([trumpet player]), Patrick Westwood ([mechanic]), Harold Siddons ([2nd speed cop]), Beatrice Shelley ([shepherdess]), Michael Medwin ([father-to-be]), Joe Carr ([garageman]), Charles Lamb ([Harry, the publican]), Eddie Malin ([spectator]), Fred Griffiths ([ice cream seller]), Lesley Dudley ([little girl]), Christopher Warbey ([kid])