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Jumping for Joy (1956)

Jumping for Joy poster
Directed by
John Paddy Carstairs
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
U
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former worker at a greyhound racing track gets into a series of humorous mishaps. The film follows his comic adventures in and around the sport.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulbreezycomicalfun-lovingmildgood-natured

What happens

Jumping for Joy is a 1956 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway, Joan Hickson and Lionel Jeffries. It was written by Henry Blyth and Jack Davies. It tells of the comic adventures of an ex-worker at a greyhound racing track. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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