Follow That Horse! is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Alan Bromly and starring David Tomlinson, Cecil Parker, Richard Wattis, Mary Peach and Dora Bryan.[1][2] The screenplay was by Alfred Shaughnessy and William Douglas-Home based on the 1954 novel Photo Finish by Howard Mason.

Follow That Horse!
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Directed byAlan Bromly
Screenplay byAlfred Shaughnessy
William Douglas-Home (additional scenes)
Howard Mason (adapted by)
Based onthe novel Photo Finish
by Howard Mason
Produced byThomas Clyde
StarringDavid Tomlinson
Cecil Parker
Richard Wattis
Dora Bryan
Mary Peach
CinematographyNorman Warwick
Edited byGerald Turney-Smith
Music byStanley Black
Production
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Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors (U.K.)
Release date
  • 11 July 1960 (1960-07-11)
(London) (U.K.)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Various parties including scientists and spies chase after a horse that has eaten a roll of microfilm.[3]

Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A standard, old-fashioned British farce is coaxed along by the subtly timed performances of David Tomlinson, Cecil Parker and Richard Wattis. Briskness and gusto stiffen much that is limp in the situations and offset the undistinguished humour, but only just."[4]

Kine Weekly wrote: "The picture lacks the astringent wit of recent comedies that have cashed in by ridiculing Establishments, but nevertheless has its amusing moments. ... The scenes in Whitehall and Cherwell's laboratories contain some bright satire, but the intestinal humour, arising from the fight against time for the possession of the horse before nature does her work, creates the loudest chuckles."[5]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Vigorous playing by cast of scene-stealers just get antiquated farce by. "[6]

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it "Harmlessly silly."[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Follow That Horse!". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Follow That Horse! (1960)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Follow That Horse! (1960) - Alan Bromly - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  4. ^ "Follow That Horse!". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 (312): 112. 1 January 1960 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ "Follow That Horse!". Kine Weekly. 517 (2750): 29. 16 June 1960 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 311. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
  7. ^ "Follow That Horse!". TVGuide.com.
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