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The Sport of Kings

5.0 98 mins Comedy   1931
Gainsborough Pictures  
Director(s): Victor Saville

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.

Casts of The Sport of Kings

Leslie Henson

as Amos Purdie, JP

Hugh Wakefield

as Algernon Sprigg

Gordon Harker

as Bert Bates / Bert Briggs

Jack Melford

as Sir Reginald Toothill

Willie Graham

as Albert

Dorothy Boyd

as Dulcie Primrose

Renee Clama

as Jane

Mary Jerrold

as Mrs. Purdie

Barbara Gott

as Cook

Daphne Scorer

as Lizzie

Wally Patch

as Panama Pete

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