Jumping for Joy
5.8
“Willie Joy gets mixed up in the shady world of dog racing”
At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back in shape, Willy crosses paths with a gang of crooks who's specialty is fixing the races with doped dogs.
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Cast
18 people
Frankie Howerd
Willie Joy
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Alfie Bass
Blagg
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Lionel Jeffries
Bert Benton
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Susan Beaumont
Susan Storer
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A.E. Matthews
Lord Reginald Cranfield
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Tony Wright
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Joan Hickson
Lady Emily Cranfield
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Terence Longdon
John Wyndham
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Colin Gordon
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Richard Wattis
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Danny Green
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John Paddy Carstairs Director · Jack Davies Writer Henry Blyth Writer
First release January 1, 1956 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
The Rank Organisation
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 1, 1956
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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