"Willie Joy gets mixed up in the shady world of dog racing" 01 January 1956 Comedy 75 mins
At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back in shape, Willy crosses paths with a gang of crooks who's specialty is fixing the races with doped dogs.
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Frankie Howerd as Willie Joy
Stanley Holloway as Captain Jack Montague
Alfie Bass as Blagg
Lionel Jeffries as Bert Benton
Susan Beaumont as Susan Storer
A.E. Matthews as Lord Reginald Cranfield
Tony Wright as Vincent
Joan Hickson as Lady Emily Cranfield
Terence Longdon as John Wyndham
Colin Gordon as Max, 1st Commentator
Richard Wattis as Carruthers
Danny Green as Plug Ugly
Barbara Archer as Marlene
William Kendall as Blenkinsop
Ewen Solon as Haines
Reginald Beckwith as Smithers
John Paddy Carstairs Director
Henry Blyth Writer
Jack Davies Writer
Jack E. Cox Cinematography
John D. Guthridge Editor
Raymond Stross Producer
Earl St. John Executive Producer
Michael Stringer Art Direction
Joan Ellacott Costume Designer
W.T. Partleton Makeup Artist
John Dennis Sound Recordist
Jim Groom Sound Editor
Gordon K. McCallum Sound Mixer
Gordon K. McCallum Sound Recordist
Larry Adler Original Music Composer
Jack Swinburne Production Manager
United Kingdom 01 January 1956
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