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Geordie (1955)

Director: Frank Launder

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From Time Out Film Guide

Worried he's going to lose out on the girl he's after, confirmed weakling Travers builds himself up and enters the Melbourne Olympics as a hammer thrower. An affectionate triumph-of-the-underdog fable from Launder and Gilliat, chock full of Scots clichés, with Sim stealing every scene as the local laird and lots of familiar faces right down the cast list. From a novel by David Walker.

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  • roddy said...
    Posted on Mar 06 2008 02:18 Even the hardest Scots heart will melt as big daft Geordie enters the Olympic stadium not in uniform Brit blazer-and-flannels but his Faither's kilt... and the band switches from something Empire-inspired to The Barren Rocks of Aden, and a voice from Geordie's past, "Come on, wee Geordie!" inspires oor hero tae chuck that hammer in a gold-medal-winning way.... but, of course, it takes more than that to win the heart of the girl back home.
    Maudlin stuff... but it works. The Balquidder area lokks braw 'n' aw...
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Cast & crew

Director: Frank Launder

Producer: Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat

Cast: Bill Travers, Alastair Sim, Norah Gorsen, Raymond Huntley, Miles Malleson, Duncan Macrae, Stanley Baxter full cast

Duration: 99 mins


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