Derby Day (Original title)Four against Fate (Alternative title)
Date: 01 September 1952 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Herbert Wilcox
Synopsis: Story of varied events in lives of half-dozen or so assorted personalities at Epsom on Derby Day.
Genre: Sport
Subjects: Derby Stakes, Epsom
Releases
Date: 1952Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7656 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v201 n5 29 Oct 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: The Cine-Technician v18 n98 Sep/Oct 1952 Page: 109
Title: [The Cine-Technician - v18 n98 Sep/Oct 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter v26 n6339 29 May 1952 Page: 5
Title: [Daily Film Renter - v26 n6339 29 May 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v78 n6514 29 May 1952 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v78 n6514 29 May 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 18 Jun 1952
Title: [Variety - 18 Jun 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2345 5 Jun 1952 Page: 15
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2345 5 Jun 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v19 n222 July 1952 Page: 89
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v19 n222 July 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 9
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Video materials(1)
Description: 2-inch QuadruplexBFI identifier: C-634313
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(2)
Description: BFI identifier: C-40864
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1221532
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 01 September 1952 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Herbert Wilcox
Synopsis: Story of varied events in lives of half-dozen or so assorted personalities at Epsom on Derby Day.
Genre: Sport
Subjects: Derby Stakes, Epsom
Releases
Date: 1952Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7656 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(44)
Production Company: Imperadio Pictures Ltd., Executive Producer: Herbert Wilcox, Producer: Maurice Cowan, Production Manager: Ernest J. Holding, Assistant Director: Frank Hollands, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Harold Buck, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Jeremy Summers, Continuity: Elaine Schreyeck, Casting: Patricia Smith, Screenplay: John Baines, Additional Dialogue: Monckton Hoffe, Alan Melville, Original Story by: Arthur Austen, Director of Photography: Max Greene, Camera Operator: Austin Dempster, [Focus Puller]: Godfrey Godar, [Clapper Loader]: Egil S. Woxholt, Eddie Earp, [Stills]: Ray Hearne, Editor: Bill Lewthwaite, [Assembly Cutter]: Dino Di Campo, [Assistant Editor (1st)]: Gerry Hambling, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Ronald Freeman, Art Director: William C. Andrews, [Assistant Art Director]: James Sawyer, Set Dresser: Leonard Townsend, Costume Supervisor: Maude Churchill, Make-up: R. Bonnor-moris, Make-up: H. Fletcher, Hairdresser: Helen Penfold, Music Composed and Conducted by: Anthony Collins, Sound Recording: Peter Handford, [Sound Camera Operator]: Sandy Fairlie, [Sound Assistant]: Alan Blay, [Boom Operator]: Bill Cook, [Boom Assistant]: S. Clarke, [Dubbing Crew]: Red Law, [Dubbing Crew]: Bob Jones, [Dubbing Crew]: Ernie Webb, Barbara Hopkins, [Dubbing Editor]: William Lewthwaite, [Technical Adviser]: Tom Walls, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(37)
Raymond Glendenning (Narrator/Commentary), Anna Neagle (Lady Helen Forbes), Michael Wilding (David Scott, the cartoonist), Googie Withers (Betty Molloy), John McCallum (Tommy Dillon), Peter Graves (Gerald Berkeley, film star), Suzanne Cloutier (Michel Jolivet, the maid), Gordon Harker (Joe Jenkins), Gladys Henson (Gladys Jenkins), Edwin Styles (Sir George Marshall), Alfie Bass (Spider Wilkes), Ralph Reader (Bill Hammond), Nigel Stock (Jim Molloy), Josephine Fitzgerald (O'Shaughnessy, the cook), Tonie Edgar-Bruce (Mrs Harbottle-Smith), Ewan Roberts (studio driver), Leslie Weston (Captain Goggs), Sam Kydd (Harry Bunn, the bookie), Tom Walls (Gilpin), Brian Johnston (interviewer), H.R. Hignett ([Lawson, Lady Forbes' butler]), Cecily Walper ([Mrs Wickham, housekeeper]), Jan Pilbeam ([1st maid]), Mary Gillingham ([2nd maid]), Richard Wattis ([editor]), Robert Brown ([Foster, Berkeley's butler]), Cyril Conway ([Hinchcliffe, the coalman]), John Chandos ([man on the train]), Ras Prince Monolulu ([himself]), Arthur Hambling ([Colonel Tremaine]), Myrette Morven ([Mrs Tremaine]), Michael Ripper ([1st newspaper reporter]), Philip Ray ([2nd newspaper reporter]), Derek Prentice (['old man']), Hugh Moxey ([police constable]), Gerald Andersen ([police sergeant]), Frank Webster ([taxi driver])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(8)
In: Motion Picture Herald v201 n5 29 Oct 1955 Page: 650Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v201 n5 29 Oct 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: The Cine-Technician v18 n98 Sep/Oct 1952 Page: 109
Title: [The Cine-Technician - v18 n98 Sep/Oct 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter v26 n6339 29 May 1952 Page: 5
Title: [Daily Film Renter - v26 n6339 29 May 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v78 n6514 29 May 1952 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v78 n6514 29 May 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 18 Jun 1952
Title: [Variety - 18 Jun 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2345 5 Jun 1952 Page: 15
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2345 5 Jun 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v19 n222 July 1952 Page: 89
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v19 n222 July 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 9
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Video materials(1)
Description: 2-inch QuadruplexBFI identifier: C-634313
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(2)
Description: BFI identifier: C-40864
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1221532
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film