Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The King's Cup (1933)

The King's Cup poster
Directed by
Robert Cullen, Donald Macardle, Alan Cobham, Herbert Wilcox
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A drama about an air race across Britain. The story follows the pilots and their romantic entanglements during the competition.

fast-pacedadventurousnostalgicpatrioticsuspensefullightheartedretro

What happens

The King's Cup is a 1933 British drama film directed by Alan Cobham, Donald Macardle, Herbert Wilcox and Robert Cullen and starring Chili Bouchier, Harry Milton and William Kendall. The film is named after the King's Cup air race, established by King George V in 1922 as an endurance race across Britain, to encourage development in engine design and the sport of aviation. Stars Chili Bouchier and Harry Milton were married at the time the film was made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?