The Sport of Kings
The Sport of Kings – 1931 | 90 mins | Comedy | B&W
Plot Synopsis
Sporting comedy about two gambling toffs visiting the home of puritanical anti-betting crank Amos Purdie (Leslie Henson). The two wager they can get their self-righteous host to make a bet within a week. They manoeuvre this so successfully that Purdie not only starts betting on a grand scale, but sets up a bookmaking operation to recoup his loses and welshes when the ruse fails. Fortunately, his wife had bet on the winner and saves the day.
Production Team
Victor Saville: Director
Alex Bryce: Cinematography
Freddie Young: Cinematography
Thorold Dickinson: Film Editing
Victor Saville: Producer
Walter W Murton: Production Design
Angus MacPhail: Script
AW Watkins: Sound Department
Cast
Leslie Henson: Amos Purdie
Hugh Wakefield: Algernon Sprigg
Gordon Harker: Bates
Jack Melford: Sir Reginald Toothill
Willie Graham: Albert
Dorothy Boyd: Dulcie Primrose