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Grand National Night

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8.1/10 • 5

1953-04-151h 20m

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The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a murder charge.

Directors
Bob McNaught
Writters
Bob McNaught
Editors
Bob McNaught, Anne V. Coates

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Nigel Patrick

    Nigel Patrick

    Gerald Coates

  2. Moira Lister

    Moira Lister

    Babs Coates

  3. Beatrice Campbell

    Beatrice Campbell

    Joyce Penrose

  4. Betty Ann Davies

    Betty Ann Davies

    Pinkie Collins

  5. Michael Hordern

    Michael Hordern

    Inspector Ayling

  6. Noel Purcell

    Noel Purcell

    Philip Balfour

  7. Leslie Mitchell

    Leslie Mitchell

    Jack Donovan

  8. Barry MacKay

    Barry MacKay

    Sergeant Gibson

  9. Colin Gordon

    Colin Gordon

    Buns Darling

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CinemaSerf

Nov 5, 2023

7/10

What ought to have been night of celebration turns sour for Grand National winning owner "Coates" (Nigel Patrick) when a contretemps with his drunken wife "Babs" (Moira Lister) leaves him the subject of a police investigation. The thing is - what really happened that night and can the pernickety "Insp. Ayling" (Michael Hordern) piece it all together? Lister features but sparingly, but her characterisation of "Babs" does rather get under your fingernails, so as the police work proceeded I did start to feel just a bit of sympathy for her rather idiotic, but good natured, husband - and Patrick is on decent form in that role here. It skips along nicely and engagingly for eighty minutes with a solid contribution from the usually reliable Noel Purcell and a soupçon of glamour from the underused Beatrice Campbell too. Maybe not his "latest and greatest screen role" as it said in the publicity blurb, but it's not a bad vehicle for a star who does enough here to keep it interesting, if not exactly intriguing with what must have been a fairly limited budget.

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Status
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Original Language
English
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