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Jumping for Joy (1956)

1h 15m · 1 Jan 1956

Willie Joy gets mixed up in the shady world of dog racing

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At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back in shape, Willy crosses paths with a gang of crooks who's specialty is fixing the races with doped dogs.

Movie ID9522
GenreComedy
DirectorJohn Paddy Carstairs
Main castFrankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway, Alfie Bass, Lionel Jeffries, Susan Beaumont, A.E. Matthews, Tony Wright, Joan Hickson
Release date1 January 1956
Release year1956
LanguageEnglish
Duration75 min (1h 15m)
Rating6.7 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseThe Rank Organisation

Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Writers: Henry Blyth, Jack Davies

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Frankie HowerdWillie Joy Stanley HollowayCaptain Jack Montague Alfie BassBlagg Lionel JeffriesBert Benton Susan BeaumontSusan Storer A.E. MatthewsLord Reginald Cranfield Tony WrightVincent Joan HicksonLady Emily Cranfield Terence LongdonJohn Wyndham Colin GordonMax, 1st Commentator Richard WattisCarruthers Danny GreenPlug Ugly Barbara ArcherMarlene William KendallBlenkinsop Ewen SolonHaines Reginald BeckwithSmithers
Philip StewartDog Track Crowd
Alf Dean

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