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Lady Godiva Rides Again is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Frank Launder with Alastair Sim
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
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Add to a movie listLady Godiva Rides Again, released in the United States as Bikini Baby, is a 1951 British comedy film starring Pauline Stroud, about a small-town English girl who wins a beauty contest and heads for greater fame after appearing as Lady Godiva in a pageant.
The film is most notable for the presence of actresses who were later to become famous. Diana Dors, who appears as a beauty queen, was later marketed as the film's star. It also features Joan Collins in her movie debut as an uncredited beauty contestant. Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in England, also appears as an uncredited beauty queen. Ruth, who was four months pregnant at the time, had dyed her hair black and had styled it into a bob.
Other young starlets in the film included Diana Russell, Dana Wynter, Yvonne Brooks, Simone Silva, and Pat Marlowe. It also featured Sid James in one of his first film roles.
The film was inspired by the Miss Kent 1950 beauty competition held at Leas Cliff Hall in Kent. Frank Launder, joint producer of the film with Leslie Gilliatt, was one of the judges in the competition.
Actors
Alastair Sim
(Hawtrey Murington (Optimum Films) (uncredited))
Dennis Price
(Simon Abbott)
Diana Dors
(Dolores August)
John McCallum
(Larry Burns)
Stanley Holloway
(Thomas Clark)
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