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Chance of a Lifetime
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Chance of a Lifetime

Apr 24, 1950
1h 29m
★ 6.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Pilgrim Pictures

Cast

Basil Radford

Dickinson

Basil Radford

Niall MacGinnis

Baxter

Niall MacGinnis

Bernard Miles

Stevens

Bernard Miles

Julien Mitchell

Morris

Julien Mitchell

Kenneth More

Adam

Kenneth More

Geoffrey Keen

Bolger

Geoffrey Keen

Patrick Troughton

Kettle

Patrick Troughton

Hattie Jacques

Alice

Hattie Jacques

Eric Pohlmann

Xenobian

Eric Pohlmann

John Harvey

Bland

John Harvey

Josephine Wilson

Miss Cooper

Josephine Wilson

Russell Waters

Palmer

Russell Waters

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