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Up for the Cup (1931)

Up for the Cup poster
Directed by
Jack Raymond
Genre
sport film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man travels to London to see the FA Cup final. He gets into a series of comedic misadventures along the way.

light-heartedcomedyplayfulupbeatsimplenostalgicwhimsical

What happens

Up for the Cup is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Sydney Howard, Joan Wyndham, Stanley Kirk and Moore Marriott. The screenplay, by Bert Lee, Con West and R. P. Weston concerns a man who comes to London to watch the FA Cup final. The film was remade in 1950, again directed by Jack Raymond. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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