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Up for the Derby is a film of genre Comedy directed by Maclean Rogers with Mark Daly
Up for the Derby (1933)
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Add to a movie listDirected by Maclean Rogers
Genres Comedy
Up for the Derby is a 1933 British sports comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Sydney Howard, Dorothy Bartlam and Tom Helmore. A tramp surprisingly comes into some money, buys a racehorse which goes on to win the Epsom Derby.
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