''Riding High'' is a 1981 British
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Ross Cramer and starring
Eddie Kidd
Edward Kidd (born 22 June 1959) is an English former stunt performer. He was paralysed and suffered brain damage following an accident in 1996. On 15 June 2012 it was announced that he had been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empi ...
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Irene Handl
Irene Handl (27 December 1901 – 29 November 1987) was a British author and character actress who appeared in more than 100 British films.
Life
Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the younger of two daughters of an Austria-born father ...
and
Murray Salem. The screenplay concerns a bored young motorcycle messenger who begins training to take part in a major biking competition.
Cast
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Eddie Kidd
Edward Kidd (born 22 June 1959) is an English former stunt performer. He was paralysed and suffered brain damage following an accident in 1996. On 15 June 2012 it was announced that he had been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empi ...
... Dave Munday
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Irene Handl
Irene Handl (27 December 1901 – 29 November 1987) was a British author and character actress who appeared in more than 100 British films.
Life
Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the younger of two daughters of an Austria-born father ...
... Gran
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Murray Salem ... Marvin Ravensdorf
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Marella Oppenheim ... Zoro
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Bill Mitchell ... Judas S. Chariot
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Zoot Money
George Bruno Money (born 17 July 1942) is an English vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader. He is best known for his playing of the Hammond organ and association with his Big Roll Band. Inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles, he was drawn ...
... Dorking
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Paul Humpoletz ... Gelt
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Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham, OBE ( ; 31 May 194819 October 2014) was an English actress, broadcaster and author. She acted in television series such as '' All Creatures Great and Small'', ''Doctor Who'', '' Second Thoughts'' and '' Faith in the Future''. Sh ...
... Miss Mott
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Daniel Peacock
Daniel Peacock (born 2 October 1958) is an English actor, director, writer and carer. He has worked with the team of ''The Comic Strip, The Comic Strip Presents...'' and played "Mental Mickey" in ''Only Fools and Horses''.
Early and personal ...
... Clerk
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Owen Whittaker ... Astro
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Claire Toeman ... Jem
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Ken Kitson
Kenneth Kitson (born 1946, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a British actor who has been active on British television since the early 1970s.
After leaving his job as a printer, he trained at East 15 Acting School, and made his scr ...
... The Halifax Hellcat
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Vivienne McKone ... Minty
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Saiward Green ... Mol
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Peter Whitman
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** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
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... Fred Turkey
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Angela Crow
Angela Rosemary Crow (13 December 1935 – 3 March 2022) was an English television actress, best known for her appearance in the early days of British soap opera '' Coronation Street'', as factory worker Doreen Lostock, between 1961 and 1963.
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... Beryl
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April Olrich
April Olrich (17 July 1931 – 15 April 2014), born Edith April Oelrichs, was an English ballerina and actress, born in Zanzibar, now part of Tanzania.
Early life
Edith April Oelrichs was born in Zanzibar in 1931 (some sources give 1933), where h ...
... Dorking's Bird
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Oliver Smith ... Burt Ganja
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Patricia Hodge
Patricia Ann Hodge, OBE (born 29 September 1946) is an English actor. She is known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in '' Rumpole of the Bailey'' (1978–1992), Jemima Shore in ''Jemima Shore Investigates'' (1983), Penny in '' Mira ...
... Miss Hemmings
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Alan Dudley
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People
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''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.''
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... Mr. Willow
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Allan Warren
Michael Allan Warren (born 26 October 1948) is an English portrait photographer, primarily known for his images of members of high society. An actor and talent manager in his youth, he rose to prominence for portraits of British nobility, pol ...
... Photographer
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Diana Weston
Diana Weston (born 13 November 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-British actress who has been on British television since 1975. She is a grandchild of Charles Basil Price.
Biography
Career
Weston's first role was in a 1975 episod ...
... Receptionist
References
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1981 films
1981 drama films
British drama films
1980s English-language films
1980s British films
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