''A Great Coup'' is a 1919 British silent

sports film A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the s ...

directed by George Dewhurst and Walter West and starring Stewart Rome, Poppy Wyndham and Gregory Scott. It was based on a novel by

Nat Gould Nathaniel Gould (21 December 1857 – 25 July 1919), commonly known as Nat Gould, was a British novelist. History Gould was born at Manchester, Lancashire, the only surviving child of Nathaniel Gould, a tea merchant, and his wife Mary, ''née ...

.Low p.152 The film is about a racehorse owner who decides to race his best horse in a major race meeting after his jockey is nobbled by the opposition.

Cast

* Stewart Rome - Squire Hampton * Poppy Wyndham - Kate Hampton * Gregory Scott - Reid Gordon * Cameron Carr - Richard Foxton

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1919 films British silent feature films 1910s sports films Films directed by George Dewhurst Films directed by Walter West British horse racing films British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent sports films {{sport-film-stub