All In (film)

This article is about the 1936 film. For other films with the same title, see All In (disambiguation).

All In
Directed by	Marcel Varnel
Written by	Val Guest Leslie Arliss
Based on	Tattenham Corner by Philip Merivale & Brandon Fleming
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Starring	Ralph Lynn Gina Malo Jack Barty Claude Dampier
Cinematography	Arthur Crabtree
Edited by	Alfred Roome
Music by	Louis Levy
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	November 1936 (1936-11) [1]
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

All In is a 1936 British sports comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Ralph Lynn, Gina Malo and Garry Marsh.[2] The owner of a racing stables has high hopes of winning The Derby, but fate intervenes. It is also known by the alternative title Tattenham Corner, from the play on which it is based.

The film was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. It was based on a play, Tattenham Corner, by Philip Merivale and Brandon Fleming, which takes its name from a sharp bend on Epsom Racecourse, where the Derby is run.

Cast

• Ralph Lynn as Archie Slott
• Gina Malo as Kay Slott
• Jack Barty as Tingaling Tom
• Claude Dampier as Toop
• Sydney Fairbrother as Genesta Slott
• Garry Marsh as Lilleywhite
• Robert Nainby as Eustace Slott
• O. B. Clarence as Hemingway
• Gibb McLaughlin as Reverend Cuppleditch
• Glennis Lorimer as Kitty
• Fewlass Llewellyn as Dean of Plinge

See also

• List of films about horse racing

References

1. Cook p.191
2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | ALL IN (1936)". Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2010.

Bibliography

• Cook, Pam. Gainsborough Pictures: Cassell, 1997,
• Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film, 1929-1939. Film Making in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1929-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• All In at IMDb