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The Gay Dog is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Maurice Elvey with Petula Clark

The Gay Dog (1954)

The Gay Dog
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Length 1h27
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Genres Comedy
Rating60% 3.004793.004793.004793.004793.00479

The Gay Dog is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Wilfred Pickles, Petula Clark and Megs Jenkins. It was filmed at Southall Studios, and features Petula Clark singing "A Long Way to Go", written by Joe Henderson and Leslie Clark (Petula's father).

Synopsis

A miner's family acquire ownership of a greyhound, "Raving Beauty", which they plan to enter into a race. Jim Gay, the father, plans to get a better starting price for the dog by pretending it is ill, in order to lengthen its odds and clean up at the bookies. But keeping up the pretence with his wife, daughter, the whole street and the hardened gamblers played by Jon Pertwee and Peter Butterworth, is no easy task.

Actors

Petula Clark

(Sally Gay)Megs Jenkins

(Maggie Gay)Harold Goodwin

(Bert Gay)William Russell

(Leslie Gowland)Peter Butterworth

(Another Betting Man)
And :
Noël Dyson
Jon Pertwee
Marianne Stone
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