Chance of a Lifetime (1950 film)
| Chance of a Lifetime | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Bernard Miles |
| Produced by | Bernard Miles |
| Written by |
Walter Greenwood Bernard Miles |
| Starring |
Bernard Miles Basil Radford Kenneth More |
| Music by | Noel Mewton-Wood |
| Cinematography | Eric Cross |
| Edited by | Peter Price |
| Distributed by |
British Lion, Pilgrim Pictures |
Release dates |
1950 (UK) 14 March 1951 (USA) |
Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Chance of a Lifetime is a 1950 British film starring, produced, part-written and directed by Bernard Miles. It was nominated for the 1951 BAFTA for Best British Film, to which it was beaten by The Blue Lamp.
Plot
In the times of austerity after the Second World War a failing factory's owner hands the factory over to the workers to run it for themselves.
Cast
- Basil Radford - Dickinson
- Niall MacGinnis - Baxter
- Bernard Miles - Stevens
- Julien Mitchell - Morris
- Kenneth More - Adam
- Geoffrey Keen - Bolger
- Josephine Wilson - Miss Cooper
- John Harvey - Bland
- Russell Waters - Palmer
- Patrick Troughton - Kettle
- Hattie Jacques - Alice
- Peter Jones, Bernard Rebel and Eric Pohlmann - Xenobian trade delegation
- Amy Veness - Lady Davis
- Stanley Van Beers - Calvert
- Norman Pierce - Franklin
- Gordon McLeod - Garrett
- Compton Mackenzie - Sir Robert Dysart
- Nigel Fitzgerald - Pennington
- Alastair Hunter - Groves
- Mollie Palmer - Millie
- George Street and Stanley Rose - Trade Union Men
- Erik Chitty - Silas Pike
- Leonard Sharp - Mitch
- John Boddington - Bank Clerk
- Hilda Fenemore, Helen Harvey, Peggy Ann Clifford, Sam Kydd, Jim Watts, Henry Bryce, Basil Cunard, Anthony Halfpenny, Howell Davies and Donald Tandy - Workers