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Riding High

Riding High

1939Movie⏱️ 1h 8m
Comedy
3.5
IMDB Rating
33 votes

In 1879 England, a solicitor helps a village blacksmith win a bicycle race on his new invention.

Director
David MacDonald
Writers
N/A
Stars
Claude Dampier, Helen Haye, John Garrick
Release Date
December 4, 1939
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

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Claude Dampier
as Septimus Earwicker
Helen Haye
Helen Haye
as Miss Ada Broadbent
John Garrick
John Garrick
as Tom Blake
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Kathleen Gibson
as Grace Meadows
John Warwick
John Warwick
as George Davenport
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Billy Merson
as Popping
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Mae Bacon
as Mrs. Winterbottom
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Peter Gawthorne
as Sir Joseph Wilmot
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Billy Holland
as Jack Adamson
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Billy Bray
as Ted Rance

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Sound City, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
Production
George King Productions

🏷️ Keywords

village

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

The professional idiot
by malcolmgsw2016-06-26
6/10

"Claude Dampier is now long forgotten.He used to play rather gormless characters.He had a substantial career on the music halls and in radio.Probably best remembered on screen for his role in Boys will be Boys starring Will Hay.Here he is actually one of the leading characters.The film is set in Victorian Times when bicycling had become all the rage.John Garrick is the village blacksmith who has invented and built a new kind of bike to enter in a race.His competitors will stop at nothing to prevent him competing in the race,firstly destroying the bike then objecting to his riding as he is an ar..."

📖 Synopsis

In 1879 England, a solicitor helps a village blacksmith win a bicycle race on his new invention.