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{{Infobox film
| name = Dry Rot
| image = "Dry_Rot"_(film).jpg
| caption = Brian Rix and Ronald Shiner
| director = [[Maurice Elvey]]
| producer = [[Jack Clayton]]
| writer = [[John Chapman (screenwriter)|John Chapman]] (as John Roy Chapman)(from his play)
| starring = [[Ronald Shiner]]<br> [[Brian Rix]]<br> [[Peggy Mount]]<br> [[Sid James]]
| music = Peter Akister<br>[[Lambert Williamson]]
| cinematography = [[Arthur Grant (cinematographer)|Arthur Grant]]
| editing = [[Gerry Hambling]]
| studio = [[Remus Films]]
| distributor = [[Independent Film Distributors]]
| released = {{film date|1956|10|31|df=yes}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
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'''''Dry Rot''''' is a 1956 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]], and starring [[Ronald Shiner]], [[Brian Rix]], [[Peggy Mount]], and [[Sid James]].

The story is an adaptation of a 1954 [[Whitehall farce]] by [[John Chapman (screenwriter)|John Chapman]], who also wrote the screenplay, in which the sketchy story plays second fiddle to the quick-paced action and unlikely situations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/46k/dry-rot/production/pqr|title=Production of Dry Rot | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> The plot concerns the practice of [[gambling]], which was illegal in the United Kingdom at the time, other than at racecourses.

==Plot==
Three dodgy [[bookies]], Alf Tubbe (Ronald Shiner), Flash Harry (Sidney James), and Fred Phipps (Brian Rix), plan to rig a horse race by kidnapping the fancied horse and its French jockey. They stay at a country house hotel near the racecourse, run by Colonel and Mrs Wagstaff, where they conceal the horse Sweet Lavender (and later the jockey) in a hidden cellar.

They substitute Fred for the real jockey, expecting him to lose, but this plan backfires when he wins.

A subplot sees the dimwitted Fred fall in love with the hotel chambermaid Beth ([[Joan Sims]]).

A final chase scene has the main characters on a fire engine being pursued by the police.

The title ''Dry Rot'' refers to the rotten wood on the hotel stairs, which regularly catches every character unawares.

==Cast==
* [[Ronald Shiner]] as Alf Tubbe
* [[Brian Rix]] as Fred Phipps
* [[Peggy Mount]] as Police Sergeant Fire
* [[Lee Patterson]] as Danby
* [[Sid James]] as Flash Harry
* [[Joan Sims]] as Beth Barton
* [[Heather Sears]] as Susan
* [[Michael Shepley]] as Colonel Wagstaff
* [[Joan Haythorne]] as Mrs. Wagstaff
* [[Miles Malleson]] as Yokel
* [[:fr:Christian Duvaleix|Christian Duvaleix]] as Polignac
* [[John Chapman (screenwriter)|John Roy Chapman]]
* [[Joan Benham]] as Blonde
* [[Raymond Glendenning]] as himself
* [[Fred Griffiths (actor)|Fred Griffiths]] as Bookie
* [[Wilfrid Brambell]] as Tar Man

==Locations==
The horse-racing sequences were filmed at [[Kempton Park Racecourse]], [[Sunbury-on-Thames]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reelstreets.com/films/dry-rot/|title=Reelstreets | Dry Rot|website=www.reelstreets.com}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
* The ''[[Radio Times]]'' critic wrote, "This tale of crooked bookies plods along more slowly than a doped horse, but there is the compensation of the polished performances of expert farceurs Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix, and Sid James."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/cdc65/dry-rot |title=Dry Rot | Film review and movie reviews |publisher=Radio Times |date=2013-04-08 |access-date=2014-07-29}}</ref>
*[[Sky Movies]] wrote, "Heather Sears makes her screen debut, Joan Sims giggles infectiously, and the charms of [[Shirley Ann Field]] can be very briefly glimpsed as a waitress at the Three Frogs Cafe. But Peggy Mount sweeps all else before her in a relatively short, but devastating, appearance as the indomitable Sergeant Fire."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skymovies.sky.com/dry-rot/review |title=Dry Rot - Sky Movies HD |publisher=Skymovies.sky.com |date=2002-05-23 |access-date=2014-07-29}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0049163|Dry Rot}}

{{Maurice Elvey}}

[[Category:1956 films]]
[[Category:1956 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Maurice Elvey]]
[[Category:Films about gambling]]
[[Category:British horse racing films]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]

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