Chance of a Lifetime

1950

1h 29m

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6.3/10

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The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.

Directors

Bernard Miles

Writers

Bernard Miles(writer by)

Walter Greenwood(writer by)

Stars

Basil Radford

Niall MacGinnis

Bernard Miles

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Dickinson

Baxter

Stevens

Morris

Adam

Bolger

Kettle

Alice

Xenobian

Bland

Miss Cooper

Palmer

Xenobian

Xenobian

Lady Davis

Calvert

Franklin

Garrett

Directors

Bernard Miles

Writers

Bernard Miles(writer by)

Walter Greenwood(writer by)

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Basil Radford ""Dickinson" runs a small foundry that makes farming implements in post-war Britain that has it's fair share of disgruntled employees. When they threaten a walk out after the stroppy "Bolger" (Geoffrey Keen) gets the push, he offers to let them try their hand at running the business instead. What ensues is a depiction of their valiant attempt to make a go of it, and what makes it interesting - aside from some characterful performances from Radford, Niall MacGinnis, Kenneth More and a smartly paced dialogue - is that Bernard Miles doesn't present us with a rose-coloured "co-op" success story. They have plenty of glitches, contretemps and the ending is clever and fulfilling, without being cloyingly sentimental. It's emblematic of the start of a new era of industrial relations peppered with some good comedic lines and a genuinely plausible, collaborative, perspective. Definitely worth watching.

Geronimo196727 Dec, 2022