Horse racing movies - Page 2 - Britmovie

batman · 04-03-2008, 08:41 AM

Kubrick's film The Killing was set at a racecourse, one of the gang (Tim Carey IIRC) had to shoot a horse during a race.

dogstar · 06-03-2008, 04:18 PM

Just thought of two other racing sequences - there's quite a good one in Raggedy Rawney, Bob Hoskins's directorial debut ( not a very good film IMHO but I have a soft spot for it since it features many of the actors who were regulars with the NT company at the Cottesloe where I was a regular visitor for some years ).

The other occurs in the mini-series Noble House and has an hilrarious and obviously fake sequence reminiscent of the 'gay jockeys' sketches from the Harry Enfield show where two horses 'race' alongside each other. One of the latter is played by George Innes who sports a moustache, indicative of poor research since jockeys don't have facial hair due ( as I understand it ) to old fears of the Jockey Club about imposters riding horses in fixed races.

Lord Brett · 07-03-2008, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by batman

I can think of a few ...

Rocking Horse Winner
Champions
Come On George
Never Back Losers (Edgar Wallace)
Dead Cert

Yikes - Dead Cert is on my short list for worst British film ever. I'm not surprised it rarely shows up these days.

batman · 07-03-2008, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Brett

Yikes - Dead Cert is on my short list for worst British film ever. I'm not surprised it rarely shows up these days.

It is pretty bad. It's not surprising no more films have been made from Dick Francis novels, which is a shame.

Windthrop · 07-03-2008, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Brett

Yikes - Dead Cert is on my short list for worst British film ever. I'm not surprised it rarely shows up these days.

It certainly didn't do much for Tony Richardson's career. There have been some TV movies since based on Mrs Francis's novels

billy bentley · 19-04-2008, 05:29 AM

Not British, but a sweet and suave racetack picture nontheless is "Le Gentleman D'Epsom" (AKA "Duke of the Derby" starring the excellent Jean Gabin.

donna · 25-04-2008, 11:45 AM

not British but the film the Champ had horse racing theme.

Amethyst_Isle · 25-04-2008, 11:59 AM

Emily, I have a confession to make. I really am a horse doctor. But marry me, and I'll never look at another horse. :-)

A Day at the Races :-)

batman · 25-04-2008, 12:10 PM

Never Back Losers with Jack Hedley. One of the Edgar Wallace series.

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06-03-2008, 04:18 PM	#17
dogstar is cautiously optimistic Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 181 Country: iTrader: (0)	Just thought of two other racing sequences - there's quite a good one in Raggedy Rawney, Bob Hoskins's directorial debut ( not a very good film IMHO but I have a soft spot for it since it features many of the actors who were regulars with the NT company at the Cottesloe where I was a regular visitor for some years ). The other occurs in the mini-series Noble House and has an hilrarious and obviously fake sequence reminiscent of the 'gay jockeys' sketches from the Harry Enfield show where two horses 'race' alongside each other. One of the latter is played by George Innes who sports a moustache, indicative of poor research since jockeys don't have facial hair due ( as I understand it ) to old fears of the Jockey Club about imposters riding horses in fixed races.

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billy bentley has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New York City Posts: 518 Country: iTrader: (0)	Not British, but a sweet and suave racetack picture nontheless is "Le Gentleman D'Epsom" (AKA "Duke of the Derby" starring the excellent Jean Gabin.

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donna is give peace a chance Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 778 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (0)	not British but the film the Champ had horse racing theme.