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The Great Game (Original title)
Date: 23 February 1931 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Jack Raymond

Synopsis: Stockford Football Club wins the F.A. Cup in spite of bungling management.

Genre:
Sport

Subjects:
Football, FA Cup
Releases
Date: 1930Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 79 mins Length: 7036 FeetLanguage: English
Date: August 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 79 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (14)
Presents: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, Production Manager: L'Estrange Fawcett, Assistant Director: G. Boothby, An Association Football Story by: W.P. Lipscomb, R.G. Bettinson, Scenario: W.P. Lipscomb, Original Story: William Hunter, John Lees, Photography: Percy Strong, Cutting: G.E. Hardy, Art Director: Andrew L. Mazzei, Sound Recording: S.A. Jolly, Sound System: British Acoustic Film
Cast (11)
Randle Ayrton (Bob Henderson), Neil Kenyon ('Jackie' Jackson), Kenneth Kove (Mr Bultitude), A.G. Poulton (Mr Franks), John Batten (Dicky Brown), Jack Cock (Millwall FC) (Jim Blake), Billy Blyth (Birmingham FC) (Billy), Lew Lake (Tubby), Walter Patch (Joe Miller, the trainer), Renée Clama (Peggy Jackson), Harry Bagge (Harry)