The Final Test (1953)
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This British comedy centers around the game of Cricket. It is set as the British team and their legendary cricket player Sam Palmer, prepare for a big match with the Australians. It will be his swan song in the game. His son Reggie, a fledgling poet, must make a difficult decision. On one hand, he… More This British comedy centers around the game of Cricket. It is set as the British team and their legendary cricket player Sam Palmer, prepare for a big match with the Australians. It will be his swan song in the game. His son Reggie, a fledgling poet, must make a difficult decision. On one hand, he really wants to attend his father's final game, but on the other, he has also been invited to the home of world famous poet Alexander Whitehead. It is Whitehead who solves the dilemma as he is a Cricket fanatic. Together he and the boy speed off to the match. Actual Cricket players appear in the film. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Anthony Asquith
- Written By
- Terrence Rattigan
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 5, 1954 Wide
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Cast
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Jack Warner
as Sam Palmer
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Robert Morley
as Alexander Whitehead
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George Relph
as Syd Thompson
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Adrianne Allen
as Aunt Ethel
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Brenda Bruce
as Cora
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Ray Jackson
as Reggie Palmer
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Stanley Maxted
as Senator
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Joan Swinstead
as Miss Fanshawe
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Richard Bebb
as Frank Weller
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Valentine Dyall
as Man In Black
- Richard Wattis
