Up for the Derby
Up for the Derby is a 1933 British sports comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Sydney Howard, Dorothy Bartlam and Tom Helmore. The screenplay concerns a tramp who unexpectedly gains money.
It was made at British and [Dominions Imperial Studios|British and Dominion Elstree Studios]. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frederick Pusey.
Plot
A tramp unexpectedly comes into some money, and buys a racehorse which goes on to win The Derby.Cast
- Sydney Howard as Joe Burton
- Dorothy Bartlam as Dorothy Gordon
- Mark Daly as Jerry Higgs
- Tom Helmore as Ronnie Gordon
- Frederick [Lloyd |Frederick Lloyd] as Major Edwards
- Franklyn Bellamy as Palmer
- Jane Carr as Singer
- Frank Harvey as George Moberley
- Lew Stone and his band as Themselves