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Flying Fifty-Five (1939)

Flying Fifty-Five poster
Directed by
Reginald Denham
Genre
drama film, sport film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 08m
Rated
U
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets involved in horse racing and deals with the people around the track. The story follows his efforts and the complications that come with the sport.

matter-of-factsports-angledbreezyold-fashionedunderstatedstraightforward

What happens

Flying Fifty-Five is a 1939 British sports-drama film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Derrick De Marney, Nancy Burne, Marius Goring, John Warwick and Peter Gawthorne. It was made by Admiral Films at Welwyn Studios. The film is based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace which had previously been made into a 1924 silent film The Flying Fifty-Five. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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