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Film Matinee: Chance of a Lifetime

on BBC One London

continues the season of British films from the 40s and 50s. Starring Basil Radford
Bernard Miles Kenneth More
When a workman is sacked by the owner of a Northern engineering company, his fellow workers call a strike. In desperation the boss tells the men to run the factory themselves - an idea they happily accept. Despite some revolutionary equipment and a new-found enthusiasm for their work, problems arise at shop floor and the 'new management' level. Bernard Miles 's film remains one of the liveliest and most honest films of the post-war years, still remarkable for its topicality.
Screenplay by BERNARD MILES and WALTER GREENWOOD
Produced and directed by BERNARD MILES . Films: page 13

Contributors

Unknown:
Basil Radford
Unknown:
Bernard Miles
Unknown:
Bernard Miles
Play By:
Bernard Miles
Unknown:
Walter Greenwood
Directed By:
Bernard Miles
Dickinson:
Basil Radford
Baxter:
Niall MacGinnis
Stevens:
Bernard Miles
Morris:
Julien Mitchell
Adam:
Kenneth More
Bolger:
Geoffrey Keen
Miss Cooper:
Josephine Wilson
Bland:
John Harvey
Palmer:
Russell Waters
Kettle:
Patrick Troughton
Alice:
Hattie Jacques
Lady Dysart:
Amy Veness
Sir Robert Dysart:
Compton MacKenzie
Xenobian:
Peter Jones

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