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The Sport of Kings |
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The Sport of Kings - 1931 | 90 mins | Comedy | B&WThe Production TeamDirector: Victor
Saville. Producer: Victor Saville. Script: Angus MacPhail. (from the play by Ian Hay) Cinematography: Alex Bryce and Freddie Young. Film Editing: Thorold Dickinson. Production Design: Walter W. Murton. Sound Department: A.W. Watkins. |
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The CastLeslie Henson - Amos Purdie Hugh Wakefield - Algernon Sprigg Gordon Harker - Bates Jack Melford - Sir Reginald Toothill Willie Graham - Albert Dorothy Boyd - Dulcie Primrose |
Plot SynopsisSporting 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. |
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