Chance of a Lifetime

1950

1h 29m

6.3(9 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

38 members

Acting

Basil Radford

Dickinson

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Niall MacGinnis

Baxter

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Bernard Miles

Stevens

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Julien Mitchell

Morris

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Kenneth More

Adam

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Geoffrey Keen

Bolger

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Patrick Troughton

Kettle

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Hattie Jacques

Alice

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Eric Pohlmann

Xenobian

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John Harvey

Bland

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Josephine Wilson

Miss Cooper

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Russell Waters

Palmer

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Peter Jones

Xenobian

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Bernard Rebel

Xenobian

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Amy Veness

Lady Davis

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Stanley Van Beers

Calvert

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Norman Pierce

Franklin

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Gordon McLeod

Garrett

Writing

Compton MacKenzie

Sir Robert Dysart

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Nigel Fitzgerald

Pennington

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Alastair Hunter

Groves

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Mollie Palmer

Millie

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George Street

1st Trade Union Man

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Stanley Rose

2nd Trade Union Man

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Erik Chitty

Silas Pike

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Leonard Sharp

Mitch

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John Boddington

Bank Clerk

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Hilda Fenemore

Worker

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Helen Harvey

Worker

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Peggy Ann Clifford

Worker

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Sam Kydd

Worker

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Jim Watts

Worker

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Henry Bryce

Worker

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Basil Cunard

Worker

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Tony Halfpenny

Worker

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Howell Davies

Worker

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Donald Tandy

Worker

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Noel Dyson

Tea Lady

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