Chance of a Lifetime
The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.
- 6.3
- 1950
- Released
- 1h 29m
Basil Radford
Dickinson
Niall MacGinnis
Baxter
Bernard Miles
Stevens
Julien Mitchell
Morris
Kenneth More
Adam
Geoffrey Keen
Bolger
Patrick Troughton
Kettle
Hattie Jacques
Alice
Eric Pohlmann
Xenobian
John Harvey
Bland
Josephine Wilson
Miss Cooper
Russell Waters
Palmer
Peter Jones
XenobianBernard Rebel
Xenobian
Amy Veness
Lady Davis
Stanley Van Beers
CalvertNorman Pierce
Franklin
Gordon McLeod
GarrettNigel Fitzgerald
Pennington
Alastair Hunter
GrovesMollie Palmer
MillieGeorge Street
1st Trade Union ManStanley Rose
2nd Trade Union Man
Erik Chitty
Silas PikeLeonard Sharp
MitchJohn Boddington
Bank ClerkHilda Fenemore
WorkerHelen Harvey
WorkerPeggy Ann Clifford
Worker
Sam Kydd
WorkerJim Watts
WorkerHenry Bryce
WorkerBasil Cunard
WorkerTony Halfpenny
WorkerHowell Davies
WorkerDonald Tandy
Worker
Noel Dyson
Tea LadyReleased
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Reviews
Basil Radford ""Dickinson" runs a small foundry that makes farming implements in post-war Britain that has it's fair share of disgruntled employees. When they threaten a walk out after the stroppy "Bolger" (Geoffrey Keen) gets the push, he offers to let them try their hand at running the business instead. What ensues is a depiction of their valiant attempt to make a go of it, and what makes it int