Chance of a Lifetime

Chance of a Lifetime

1950•1h 29m•6.3/10

Drama

Ratings

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6.3/10(9)

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.

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Production

Pilgrim Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Basil Radford

Basil Radford

Dickinson

Niall MacGinnis

Niall MacGinnis

Baxter

Bernard Miles

Bernard Miles

Stevens

Julien Mitchell

Julien Mitchell

Morris

Kenneth More

Kenneth More

Adam

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Bolger

Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton

Kettle

Hattie Jacques

Hattie Jacques

Alice

Eric Pohlmann

Eric Pohlmann

Xenobian

John Harvey

John Harvey

Bland

Josephine Wilson

Miss Cooper

Russell Waters

Russell Waters

Palmer

Peter Jones

Peter Jones

Xenobian

Bernard Rebel

Xenobian

Amy Veness

Amy Veness

Lady Davis

Stanley Van Beers

Stanley Van Beers

Calvert

Norman Pierce

Franklin

Gordon McLeod

Gordon McLeod

Garrett

Compton MacKenzie

Sir Robert Dysart

Nigel Fitzgerald

Pennington

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