Sam Small Leaves Town | |
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Directed by | Alfred J. Goulding |
Produced by | Maurice J. Wilson |
Starring | Stanley Holloway June Clyde Fred Conyngham |
Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | British Screen Service |
Distributed by | British Screen Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Sam Small Leaves Town, is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and starring Stanley Holloway, June Clyde and Fred Conyngham. It was made at Highbury Studios in London and released as a quota quickie by the independent British Screen Service. Location shooting took place in Skegness in Lincolnshire. It is also known by the alternative title It's Sam Small Again,.
Premise
In order to win a bet a famous actor leaves London and goes to work incognito in a holiday camp.
Cast
- Stanley Holloway as Richard Manning
- June Clyde as Sally Elton
- Fred Conyngham as Jimmy West
- Harry Tate as Camper
- Johnnie Schofield as Sam Small
- James Craven as Steve Watt
- Robert English as Robert Harrison
References
- BFI.org
- Chibnall p.296
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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