Wild Boy

Lovely period piece, note, period, in covering The Waterloo Cup and coursing, and Greyhound racing. A rare film stored by the BFI, but not shown mainly due to the coursing shown in the first scenes, which are not accepted now, but does not affect the film values. Flanagan and Allan have minor comedy roles, basically playing themselves!...both were gamblers, and Flanagan in real life owned a bookies. Just because we may not approve of the content in places there is no need to be so negative about the film, which is well Worth watching to gain a feel of the period. Typical Gainsborough films values, and stars, Sonny Hale was very popular, and the film was the first role for comic actor Ron Shiner.