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Grand National Night

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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.

Release Date : 1953-04-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company :

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Wicked Wife

Cast

Nigel Patrick

Character Name : Gerald Coates

Original Name : Nigel Patrick

Gender : Male

Moira Lister

Character Name : Babs Coates

Original Name : Moira Lister

Gender : Female

Beatrice Campbell

Character Name : Joyce Penrose

Original Name : Beatrice Campbell

Gender : Female

Betty Ann Davies

Character Name : Pinkie Collins

Original Name : Betty Ann Davies

Gender : Female

Michael Hordern

Character Name : Inspector Ayling

Original Name : Michael Hordern

Gender : Male

Noel Purcell

Character Name : Philip Balfour

Original Name : Noel Purcell

Gender : Male

Leslie Mitchell

Character Name : Jack Donovan

Original Name : Leslie Mitchell

Gender : Male

Barry MacKay

Character Name : Sergeant Gibson

Original Name : Barry MacKay

Gender : Male

Colin Gordon

Character Name : Buns Darling

Original Name : Colin Gordon

Gender : Male

Gibb McLaughlin

Character Name : Morton

Original Name : Gibb McLaughlin

Gender : Male

Richard Grayden

Character Name : Chandler

Original Name : Richard Grayden

Gender : Male

May Hallatt

Character Name : Hoskyns

Original Name : May Hallatt

Gender : Female

George Sequira

Character Name : George

Original Name : George Sequira

Gender : Male

Ernest Jay

Character Name : Railway Official

Original Name : Ernest Jay

Gender : Male

Russell Waters

Character Name : Plainclothes Detective

Original Name : Russell Waters

Gender : Male

Richard Graydon

Character Name : Chandler

Original Name : Richard Graydon

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-05

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.