''I've Got a Horse'' is a 1938 British
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Herbert Smith
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and starring
Sandy Powell,
Norah Howard
Norah Howard (12 December 1900 – 2 May 1968) was a British actress of stage and screen.
Biography
She was born as Norah Lillian Emily Smeed on 12 December 1900, in Fulham, London, England, her father was Alfred Howard Smeed. She changed her st ...
and
Felix Aylmer
Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones (21 February 1889 – 2 September 1979) was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television. Aylmer made appearances in films with comedians such as Will Hay and George Formby.
Early life
...
.
[Wood p.98]
Plot
Sandy accepts a racehorse called Lightning as settlement for a bad debt. When he enters the horse in a race and it starts doing circus tricks and loses the competition, Sandy realises the animal's future and his own lie in the circus.
Cast
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Sandy Powell as Sandy
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Norah Howard
Norah Howard (12 December 1900 – 2 May 1968) was a British actress of stage and screen.
Biography
She was born as Norah Lillian Emily Smeed on 12 December 1900, in Fulham, London, England, her father was Alfred Howard Smeed. She changed her st ...
as Alice
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Felix Aylmer
Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones (21 February 1889 – 2 September 1979) was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television. Aylmer made appearances in films with comedians such as Will Hay and George Formby.
Early life
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as Lovatt
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Evelyn Roberts
Evelyn Roberts (28 August 1886 – 30 November 1962) was an English stage and film actor. He made his stage debut in 1918 after serving in WW I; and his theatre work included the original Broadway production of R.C. Sherriff's '' Journey's E ...
as Thomas
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Leo Franklyn as Joe
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D. A. Clarke-Smith as Fowler, Kings Counsel
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Kathleen Harrison
Kathleen Harrison (23 February 1892 – 7 December 1995) was a prolific English character actress best remembered for her role as Mrs. Huggett (opposite Jack Warner and Petula Clark) in a trio of British post-war comedies about a working-cla ...
as Mabel
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Edward Chapman as George
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Wilfrid Hyde-White
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as Police Constable
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Frank Atkinson as Bunker
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
1938 films
Films directed by Herbert Smith
1938 comedy films
British comedy films
Films shot at Beaconsfield Studios
British Lion Films films
British black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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