Jim Gay (Wilfred Pickles) is a northern miner with an obsession for greyhound racing. Having seen Raving Beauty romp to first place at short odds because everybody has backed it, Jim decides to increase its odds for the big race by pretending that Raving Beauty is ill and unlikely to finish the race. But keeping his secret from his wife Maggie (Megs Jenkins) and daughter Sally (Petula Clark) is a tougher job than Jim Gay ever imagines. Whilst Jim and Peter (John Blythe) find ever more comical ways to keep their secret under wraps, their world is turned upside-down when an unknown but highly-fancied greyhound enters the race and is kennelled at the local vicar's house.

Cast In Alphabetical Order

Cyril Raymond as Vicar Harold Goodwin as Bert Gay John Blythe as Peter Nightingale Jon Pertwee as A Betting Man Margaret Barton as Peggy Gowland Megs Jenkins as Maggie Gay Noel Dyson as Lecturer Nuna Davey as Minnie Gay Peter Butterworth as Another Betting Man Petula Clark as Sally Gay Wilfred Pickles as Jim Gay William Russell as Leslie Gowland

Crew

Produced by Ernest Gartside Directed by Maurice Elvey Written by Joseph Colton & Peter Rogers Running Time 85 minutes. Released 1954