Flying Fifty-Five

Flying Fifty-Five
Flying Fifty-Five
	DVD cover
Directed by	Reginald Denham
Written by	Vernon Clancey ; Kenneth Horne ; Victor M. Greene
Based on	The Flying Fifty-Five ; by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Victor M. Greene
Starring	Derrick De Marney ; Nancy Burne ; Marius Goring ; Peter Gawthorne
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Ted Richards
Production; company	Admiral Films
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	May 1939;
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£18,304

Flying Fifty-Five is a 1939 British sports-drama film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Derrick De Marney, Nancy Burne, Marius Goring, John Warwick and Peter Gawthorne.^[2] It was made by Admiral Films at Welwyn Studios.^[3] The film is based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace which had previously been made into a 1924 silent film The Flying Fifty-Five.^[4]

Plot

After being disinherited by his wealthy father, an amateur jockey, Bill Urquhart goes to work under an assumed name (Bill Hart) at a rural racing stables owned and run by Stella Barrington and her drunken brother, Charles, who is an old friend of Bill's. Confusion arises when Bill is mistakenly reported to have been murdered.

Partial cast

Derrick De Marney as Bill Urquhart
Nancy Burne as Stella Barrington
Marius Goring as Charles Barrington
John Warwick as Jebson
Peter Gawthorne as Jonas Urquhart
D. A. Clarke-Smith as Jacques Gregory
Amy Veness as Aunt Eliza
Ronald Shiner as Scrubby Oaks
Billy Bray as Cheerful
Francesca Bahrle as Clare
Terry-Thomas as Young man
Norman Pierce as Creditor
Basil McGrail as Jockey

References

^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 482.
^ "Flying Fifty-five (1939)". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
^ Wood p.98
^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. ISBN 9783110951943.

Bibliography

Wood, Linda. British Films 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Flying Fifty-Five at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
Flying Fifty-Five at IMDb

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[1] Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 482.

[2] "Flying Fifty-five (1939)". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.

[3] Wood p.98

[4] Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. ISBN 9783110951943.

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