Chance of a Lifetime

The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.

Cast

Basil Radford

as Dickinson

Niall MacGinnis

as Baxter

Bernard Miles

as Stevens

Julien Mitchell

as Morris

Kenneth More

as Adam

Geoffrey Keen

as Bolger

Patrick Troughton

as Kettle

Hattie Jacques

as Alice

Eric Pohlmann

as Xenobian

John Harvey

as Bland

Reviews

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Basil Radford ""Dickinson" runs a small foundry that makes farming implements in post-war Britain that has it's fair share of disgruntled employees. When they threaten a walk out after the stroppy "Bolger" (Geoffrey Keen) gets the push, he offers to let them try their hand at running the business in...

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