The Galloping Major (1951)

Basil Radford, Jimmy Hanley, Janette Scott, A.E. Matthews, Renee Ray ... see more  , Hugh Griffith , Joyce Grenfell , Charles Victor , Sydney Tafler , Julien Mitchell , Charles Lamb , Charles Hawtrey , Kenneth Evans , Alfie Bass , Sidney James , Raymond Glendenning , Bruce Belfrage , Clifford Cobbe , Gilbert Davis , Thora Hird , Sam Kydd , Duncan Lamont , Arthur Lovegrove , Leslie Phillips , Ellen Pollock , Raymond Rollett , Michael Ward , Ben Ames Williams , Joe Day , Donovan Winter , Bill Russell , Arthur Denton , Dorian Joe Clark , James Lomas , Ernest Metcalfe , Tom Walls Jr.

Basil Radford is cast superbly to type as The Galloping Major. The story concerns the efforts by retired Major Arthur Hill (Radford) to purchase a valuable race horse. He manages to attain financial b... read more acking from 300 fellow racing enthusiasts--and then messes things up for all concerned by buying the wrong horse. Persevering, Major Hill enters the steed in the Grand National, whereupon the horse disappears on the eve of the big event. The comic frustrations faced by the Major and his creditors are played effectively for light chuckles rather than belly laughs. The cast includes such polished farceurs as Hugh Griffith, Joyce Grenfell (a favorite of director Henry Cornelius, as witness Genevieve), Sydney Tafler and Alfie Bass. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi