Flying Fifty-Five (1939)

  • U
  • 05/01/1939 (GB)
  • Drama
  • 1h 8m

Overview

Bill Urquhart, a young wastrel disinherited by his father, tries to get a job as a jockey – just about the only thing he’s really good at. His name and position work against him, however, so he adopts an alias and prevails upon the charity of a drunken friend Charles Barrington, through whom he meets Stella Barrington - who has not only inherited her father’s racing stables but also his debts. Still incognito, he takes on the job of stable lad for Stella but little does she realise that he could be the man to finally put an end to her money worries forever.

Reginald Denham

Director

Victor M. Greene

Writer

Edgar Wallace

Novel

Vernon Clancey

Writer

Kenneth Horne

Writer

Cast

Derrick De Marney's headshot

Derrick De Marney

Bill Urquhart
Nancy Burne's headshot

Nancy Burne

Stella Barrington
Marius Goring's headshot

Marius Goring

Charles Barrington
Peter Gawthorne's headshot

Peter Gawthorne

Jonas Urquhart
D.A. Clarke-Smith's headshot

D.A. Clarke-Smith

Jacques Gregory
Amy Veness's headshot

Amy Veness

Aunt Eliza
Ronald Shiner's headshot

Ronald Shiner

Scrubby Oaks
Billy Bray's headshot

Billy Bray

Cheeful

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