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No Limit is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Monty Banks with George Formby
No Limit (1935)
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Add to a movie listNo Limit is a 1935 British musical comedy starring George Formby and Florence Desmond. The film, which was directed Monty Banks, was made on location at the Isle of Man's famous TT motorcycle race. It was the first of eleven films that Formby made with Associated Talking Pictures.
Although Formby has already made two moderately successful films, No Limit was the film that put him on the road to stardom. It is still regarded as one of his best and funniest featuring good songs and numerous stunts.
Synopsis
George Shuttleworth (Formby) is a chimney sweep from Wigan who dreams of winning the Isle of Man TT. Unfortunately, George's attempts to secure a factory ride with the Rainbow Motorcycle Company are unsuccessful and consequently he resorts to entering his own machine the "Shuttleworth Snap", a motorcycle derived from an old Rainbow machine. Whilst running the engine of his machine, George inadvertently knocks the motorcycle off its stand and crashes into the fence of his next door neighbour (Mr Hardache), who goads George about his dream of winning the T.T.Actors
George Formby
(George Shuttleworth)
Florence Desmond
(Florrie Dibney)
Edward Rigby
(Grandpa Shuttleworth)
Alf Goddard
(Norton)
Jack Hobbs
(Bert Tyldesley)
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