The King's Cup

The King's Cup is a 1933 British drama film directed by Alan Cobham, Donald Macardle, Herbert Wilcox and Robert Cullen and starring Chili Bouchier, Harry Milton and William Kendall. The film is named after the King's Cup air race, established by King George V in 1922 as an endurance race across Britain, to encourage development in engine design and the sport of aviation. Stars Chili Bouchier and Harry Milton were married at the time the film was made.

Plot summary

A pilot who has lost his nerve following an accident regains it after meeting a woman and goes on to win a major air race.

Cast

Chili Bouchier as Betty Conway
Harry Milton as Dick Carter
William Kendall as Captain Richards
Rene Ray as Peggy
Tom Helmore as Ronnie
Lewis Shaw as Peter
Sydney King as Crasher
Leila Page as Lena
Syd Crossley as Crossley
Lew Stone as himself

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film one out of four stars, and wrote, "the novelty of four directors did nothing out of the ordinary in terms of what appears on the screen." while The Cinema Museum noted "a tantalizing glimpse of the airfield and some of the flying that took place there before the Second World War."