The Sport of Kings (1931 film) explained

The Sport of Kings
Director:	Victor Saville
Producer:	Victor Saville
Editing:	Thorold Dickinson
Studio:	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributor:	Ideal Films
Runtime:	90 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

The Sport of Kings is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Leslie Henson, Hugh Wakefield and Gordon Harker.^[1] It was based on the 1924 play of the same title by Ian Hay.

The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures at British and Dominions Elstree Studios.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Murton.

Premise

A stern Justice of the Peace takes over a firm of bookmakers.

Cast

• Leslie Henson as Amos Purdie
• Hugh Wakefield as Algernon Sprigg
• Gordon Harker as Bates
• Jack Melford as Sir Reginald Toothill
• Willie Graham as Albert
• Dorothy Boyd as Dulcie Primrose
• Renee Clama as Jane
• Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Purdie
• Barbara Gott as Cook
• Daphne Scorer as Lizzie
• Wally Patch as Panama Pete

Bibliography

• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Sport of Kings (1931) | BFI . https://web.archive.org/web/20090114012343/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/52393 . dead . 14 January 2009 . Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk . 7 January 2017.
2. Wood p.70