01 Sep 2000
Snatch
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
The Sport of Kings
Algernon Sprigg, a horse-racing fanatic, is convinced that everyone is a gambler at heart. To prove his theory, he bets a friend that he can convert Amos Purdie, the puritanical head of an anti-betting association, into a punter within a week.
Top Billed Cast
Leslie Henson Amos Purdie, JP
Hugh Wakefield Algernon Sprigg
Gordon Harker Bert Bates / Bert Briggs
Jack Melford Sir Reginald Toothill
Willie Graham Albert
Dorothy Boyd Dulcie Primrose
Renee Clama Jane
Mary Jerrold Mrs. Purdie
Barbara Gott Cook
Daphne Scorer Lizzie
Wally Patch Panama Pete
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