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{{Infobox film
| name = The Galloping Major
| image = The Galloping Major FilmPoster.jpeg
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| director = [[Henry Cornelius]]
| writer = [[Monja Danischewsky]] Henry Cornelius [[Basil Radford]]
| producer = Monja Danischewsky
| starring = Basil Radford [[Jimmy Hanley]] [[Janette Scott]] [[A. E. Matthews]] [[Rene Ray]]
| narrator =
| cinematography = [[Stanley Pavey]]
| editing = [[Geoffrey Foot (film editor)|Geoffrey Foot]]
| music = [[Georges Auric]]
| studio = [[Romulus Films]]
| distributor = [[Independent Film Distributors]]
| released = 5 May 1951 <ref name="Art & Hue">{{cite web|url=https://artandhue.com/janette-scott/|title=Janette Scott |work=Art & Hue |date=2021 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = £153,770 (UK)<ref>Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p495</ref>
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'''''The Galloping Major''''' is a 1951 [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[sports film]], starring [[Basil Radford]], [[Jimmy Hanley]] and [[Janette Scott]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aac9e87|title=The Galloping Major (1951)}}</ref> It also featured [[Sid James]], [[Charles Hawtrey (actor born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] and [[Joyce Grenfell]] in supporting roles. It was directed by [[Henry Cornelius]] and made at the [[Riverside Studios]] in [[Hammersmith]]. The film's sets were designed by [[Norman Arnold]].

The title is taken from the song "[[The Galloping Major (song)|The Galloping Major]]", and the plot was centred on gambling at the [[horse racing]] track. People in a [[London]] suburb form a [[syndicate]] to buy a [[race horse]] to run in the [[Grand National]].

==Production==
The film was made as an [[independent film|independent]] production, backed by the [[Woolf Brothers]]. It proved profitable at the box office,<ref>Harper & Porter p.147</ref> but producer [[Monja Danischewsky]] quit independent production afterwards to return to work at [[Ealing Studios]]. It has been noted as being similar in style to the [[Ealing comedies]] of the same era.<ref>Murphy p.123</ref>

It features appearances by several figures well known at the time, including the jockey [[Charlie Smirke]] and the radio commentators [[Raymond Glendenning]] and [[Bruce Belfrage]].

==Main cast==
* [[Basil Radford]] as Major Arthur Hill
* [[Jimmy Hanley]] as Bill Collins
* [[Janette Scott]] as Susan Hill
* [[A. E. Matthews]] as Sir Robert Medleigh
* [[Rene Ray]] as Pam Riley
* [[Hugh Griffith]] as Harold Temple
* [[Joyce Grenfell]] as Maggie
* [[Charles Victor]] as Sam Fisher
* [[Sydney Tafler]] as Mr. Leon
* [[Charles Lamb (actor)|Charles Lamb]] as Ernie Smart, Horse Owner
* [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] as Lew Rimmel
* [[Alfie Bass]] as Newspaper seller
* [[Sid James]] as Bottomley
* [[Kenneth More]] as Rosedale Film Studio Director
* [[Stuart Latham]] as Rosedale Film Studio Assistant
* [[Leslie Phillips]] as Reporter
* [[Michael Ward (actor)|Michael Ward]] as Racegoer
* [[Edie Martin]] as Lady at Meeting
* [[Sam Kydd]] as Newspaper Vendor
* [[Thora Hird]] as Tea Stall woman
* [[Ellen Pollock]] as Horsey Lady
* [[Duncan Lamont]] as Trainer
* [[Harold Goodwin (English actor)]] as Street Stall Owner (uncredited)
* [[Michael Ward (actor)]] as Man with Binoculars at Racetrack (uncredited)
* [[Arthur Mullard]] as Rosedale Film Studio Employee (uncredited)
* 'The Galloping Major' (the Horse, 'Bobbie') as Himself

==Release==
The film premiered at the Plaza cinema in London on 5 May 1951.<ref name="Art & Hue" />
It has also been released on DVD.

==Location==
* "Lambs Green" in the film is actually Belsize Village, (nb. [[Belsize Park]] and [[Belsize (ward)]]), London NW3. The cafe in the film was a greengrocer's shop in 2012, but the whole area is easily recognisable.
* The race track was filmed at [[Alexandra Palace]], which can be seen briefly in the background.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent. ''British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference''. Oxford University Press, 2007.
* Murphy, Robert. ''Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion''. British Film Institute, 2006.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0043574|title=The Galloping Major}}

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