Chance of a Lifetime (1950)

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Filmed on location in a British industrial town, Chance of a Lifetime is a trenchantly amusing satire of labor-management relations. When a group of angry workers protest their wage and working conditions at a plough factory, they are permitted to take over the operation themselves. It isn't long… More Filmed on location in a British industrial town, Chance of a Lifetime is a trenchantly amusing satire of labor-management relations. When a group of angry workers protest their wage and working conditions at a plough factory, they are permitted to take over the operation themselves. It isn't long before they realize that you can't run a business on idealism and goodwill. Wisely, no one in the film is depicted as a clear-cut hero or villain; "hateful" company boss Dickinson (Basil Radford) is just as human and likeable as the incensed workers. For reasons that now seem frivolous, Chance of a Lifetime was rejected by three major British distribution firms before it was picked up--at the behest of the government--by British Lion. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed By: Bernard Miles
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

In Theaters: Apr 24, 1950 Wide

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Cast

            Basil Radford as Dickinson

            Niall MacGinnis as Baxter

            Bernard Miles as Stevens

            Geoffrey Keen as Bolger

            Julien Mitchell as Morris

            Josephine Wilson as Miss Cooper

            Erik Chitty as Silas Pike

            Peggy Ann Clifford as Worker

            Hilda Fenemore as Worker

            John Harvey as Bland

            Alastair Hunter as Groves

            Hattie Jacques as Alice

            Sam Kydd as Worker

            Gordon McLeod as Garrett

            Kenneth More as Adam

            Norman Pierce as Franklin

            Eric Pohlmann as Xenobian

            Donald Tandy as Worker

            Patrick Troughton as Kettle

            Amy Veness as Lady Davis

            Russell Waters as Palmer

            Peter Jones as Xenobian

            George Street as 1st Trade Union Man

            Stanley Van Beers as Calvert

            Basil Cunard as Worker

            Bernard Rebel as Xenobian

            Stanley Rose as 2nd Trade Union Man

            Leonard Sharp as Mitch

            Nigel Fitzgerald as Pennington
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