Chance of a Lifetime (film)
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| Chance of a Lifetime | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Bernard Miles |
| Produced by | Bernard Miles |
| Written by | Walter Greenwood Bernard Miles |
| Starring | Bernard Miles Basil Radford Kenneth More |
| Music by | Noel Mewton-Wood |
| Cinematography | Eric Cross |
| Editing by | Peter Price |
| Distributed by | British Lion, Pilgrim Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1950 (UK) 14 March 1951 (USA) |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Chance of a Lifetime is a 1950 British film starring, produced, part-written and directed by Bernard Miles. It was nominated for the 1951 BAFTA for Best British Film, to which it was beaten by The Blue Lamp.
[edit] Plot
In the times of austerity after the Second World War a failing factory's owner hands the factory over to the workers to run it for themselves.
[edit] Cast
- Basil Radford - Dickinson
- Niall MacGinnis - Baxter
- Bernard Miles - Stevens
- Julien Mitchell - Morris
- Kenneth More - Adam
- Geoffrey Keen - Bolger
- Josephine Wilson - Miss Cooper
- John Harvey - Bland
- Russell Waters - Palmer
- Patrick Troughton - Kettle
- Hattie Jacques - Alice
- Peter Jones, Bernard Rebel and Eric Pohlmann - Xenobian trade delegation
- Amy Veness - Lady Davis
- Stanley Van Beers - Calvert
- Norman Pierce - Franklin
- Gordon McLeod - Garrett
- Compton Mackenzie - Sir Robert Dysart
- Nigel Fitzgerald - Pennington
- Alastair Hunter - Groves
- Molly Palmer - Millie
- George Street and Stanley Rose - Trade Union Men
- Erik Chitty - Silas Pike
- Leonard Sharp - Mitch
- John Boddington - Bank Clerk
- Hilda Fenemore, Helen Harvey, Peggy Ann Clifford, Sam Kydd, Jim Watts, Henry Bryce, Basil Cunard, Anthony Halfpenny, Howell Davies and Donald Tandy - Workers
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