Chance of a Lifetime

Overview:

The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.

Director:

Bernard Miles

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

Cast

Basil Radford

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Dickinson

Niall MacGinnis

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Baxter

Bernard Miles

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Stevens

Julien Mitchell

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Morris

Kenneth More

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Adam

Geoffrey Keen

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Bolger

Patrick Troughton

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Kettle

Hattie Jacques

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Alice

Eric Pohlmann

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Xenobian

John Harvey

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Bland

Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
Basil Radford ""Dickinson" runs a small foundry that makes farming implements in post-war Britain that has it's fair share of disgruntled employees. When they threaten a walk out after the stroppy "Bolger" (Geoffrey Keen) gets the push, he offers to let them try their hand at running the business instead. What ensues is a depiction of their valiant attempt to make a go of it, and what makes it interesting - aside from some characterful performances from Radford, Niall MacGinnis, Kenneth More and a smartly paced dialogue - is that Bernard Miles doesn't present us with a rose-coloured "co-op" success story. They have plenty of glitches, contretemps and the ending is clever and fulfilling, without being cloyingly sentimental. It's emblematic of the start of a new era of industrial relations peppered with some good comedic lines and a genuinely plausible, collaborative, perspective. Definitely worth watching.