Spring Handicap

Spring Handicap
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Directed by	Herbert Brenon
Written by	Ernest E. Bryan (play) William Freshman Elizabeth Meehan
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Starring	Will Fyffe Maire O'Neill Billy Milton Aileen Marson
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek
Edited by	Lionel Tomlinson
Production company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	May 1937[1]
Running time	69 minutes[2]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Spring Handicap is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Will Fyffe, Maire O'Neill and Billy Milton.^[3] The film was made by the Associated British Picture Corporation at their Elstree Studios and based on the play The Last Coupon by Ernest E. Bryan.

Premise

A wife tries to prevent her husband, a miner, from gambling away the money he receives as an inheritance.

Cast

• Will Fyffe as Jack Clayton
• Maire O'Neill as Meg Clayton
• Billy Milton as Len Redpath
• Aileen Marson as Barbara Clayton
• Frank Pettingell as Scullion
• David Burns as Amos
• Hugh Miller as Selby
• Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Tulip
• Wilfrid Hyde White as Hawkins (uncredited)

References

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985 .
• Warren, Patricia. Elstree: The British Hollywood. Columbus Books, 1998.

External links

• Spring Handicap at IMDb

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