Flying Fifty-Five (1939)

- 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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