Follow That Horse!

1h 20m 1961

Cast & Crew

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Alan Bromly

Director

David Tomlinson

Dick Lanchester

Cecil Parker

Sir William Crane

Richard Wattis

Hugh Porlock

Mary Peach

Susan Turner

Dora Bryan

Miss Bradstock

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 1961
Premiere Information
Los Angeles opening:: 22 Aug 1962
Production Company
Cavalcade Films
Distribution Company
Seven Arts Associated Corp.
Country
United Kingdom
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Photo Finish by Howard Mason (London, 1954).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 20m

Synopsis

Assigned by the minister of atomic power to escort famed atomic physicist Dr. Spiegel to a NATO conference in London, happy-go-lucky civil servant Dick Lanchester stops to flirt with Susan Turner, daughter of a racehorse owner. Dr. Spiegel, a turncoat, sees his chance to escape the country with some secret microfilm while Dick's attention is diverted. Waiting for Spiegel are his confederates, but he mistakenly gets into the horse van being driven by Susan to the racetrack. The frightened horse rears, Spiegel drops the film in the hay, and the animal swallows it. Following the horse's victory at the races, it is put up for auction. Dick, who has since learned of Spiegel's attempted defection, is outbid by the spies because his superior refuses to give him proper authorization to purchase the horse. As the spies escape with the mare to an abandoned airfield, Dick and Susan give chase. They recover the horse, capture the spies, and eventually retrieve the film in the course of nature.

Director

Alan Bromly

Director

Cast

David Tomlinson

Dick Lanchester

Cecil Parker

Sir William Crane

Richard Wattis

Hugh Porlock

Mary Peach

Susan Turner

Dora Bryan

Miss Bradstock

Raymond Huntley

Special branch chief

Sam Kydd

Farrell

George Pravda

Hammler

John Welsh

Major Turner

Peter Copley

Garrod

Cyril Shaps

Dr. Spiegel

Victor Brooks

Blake

Vic Wise

Riley

George A. Cooper

Rudd

Tony Thawnton

Special Branch man

Alison Fraser

Harriet

Arthur Lowe

Auctioneer

John Phillips

American delegate

Guy Deghy

German delegate

John Crewdson

Pilot

John Serret

Edward Dentith

Peter Collingwood

Jonathan Clyde

Crew

Maurice Arnold

Camera focus

Eric Aylott

Chief makeup

H. L. Bird

Sound Recording

Stanley Black

Music

E. Bonnichon

Crowd casting

Bill Cartlidge

1st, 2d & 3d Assistant Director

Thomas Clyde

Producer

Pamela Cornell

Assistant art Director

Don Deacon

1st Assistant Editor

Frederic Goode

Assistant Director

George Higgins

Stills

William Douglas Home

Addl scenes

Robert Lennard

Casting Director

Martin Magee

2nd Assistant Editor

Howard Mason

Adaptation

Allan Morrison

Sound

W. Osborne

Props master

Victor Peck

Production Manager

Michael Profit

Assistant Director

June Randall

Cont

Terry Sharrett

Sound Camera op

Alfred Shaughnessy

Screenwriter

Len Shilton

Sound Recording

Eileen Sullivan

Wardrobe mistress

Charles Sutton

Props buyer

Gerald Turney-smith

Film Editor

Norman Warwick

Director of Photography

Harry White

Art Director

Tom White

Prod continuityroller

Tony White

Camera Operator

Don Wortham

Boom Operator

Polly Young

Chief hairdresser

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 1961
Premiere Information
Los Angeles opening:: 22 Aug 1962
Production Company
Cavalcade Films
Distribution Company
Seven Arts Associated Corp.
Country
United Kingdom
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Photo Finish by Howard Mason (London, 1954).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 20m

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Location scenes filmed in London. Opened in London in July 1960.

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