Genevieve

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

Cast

Dinah Sheridan

as Wendy McKim

John Gregson

as Alan McKim

Kay Kendall

as Rosalind Peters

Kenneth More

as Ambrose Claverhouse

Geoffrey Keen

as Policeman

Reginald Beckwith

as J. C. Callahan

Arthur Wontner

as Old Gentleman

Joyce Grenfell

as Hotel Proprietress

Leslie Mitchell

as Himself, Newsreel Commentator

Michael Balfour

as Trumpeter (Uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Very much in the spirit of the "Ealing Comedies", this is a simple and engaging story of two chaps - "Alan" (John Gregson) and "Ambrose" (Kenneth More) who bet each other the princely sum (in 1953) of £100 on which of their vintage cars can race the 50-odd miles from London to Brighton quickest. Dra...

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