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''Spring Handicap'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Will Fyffe, Maire O'Neill and Billy Milton. 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
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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

* 1937 films 1937 comedy films 1930s British films 1930s English-language films British black-and-white films British films based on plays British comedy films English-language comedy films Films directed by Herbert Brenon Films shot at Associated British Studios {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub