Derby Day

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The stories of four sets of characters intersect via chance-encounters at Epsom Downs racecourse on the morning of Derby Day.The stories of four sets of characters intersect via chance-encounters at Epsom Downs racecourse on the morning of Derby Day.The stories of four sets of characters intersect via chance-encounters at Epsom Downs racecourse on the morning of Derby Day.

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6.4/10

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Trivia
Brian Johnston has said that his interview was completely unscripted apart from the final question, which was integral to the plot.

Goofs
Lady Helen insists on going to the Derby even though her husband died just three weeks before, and she knows that her behavior is considered shocking. Two men ask why she is going and she refuses to say. Finally she reveals that her late husband had a horse in the Derby, so she is there to watch it run. This is hardly a discreditable reason, so it is puzzling that she is so secretive. Nor could the fact be kept secret, as she would be publicly listed as the owner, and she must be well known in the racing community. Indeed, when the horse wins, everyone around her in the owners' box applauds, so they must know that she is its owner.

Quotes
David Scott: When you talk about people who are dead in some strange way you bring them back again.

Connections
References Hell's Angels (1930)

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7/10

ensemble film, last of Neagle/Wilding pairings at backdrop of Derby Day

I watched this the other night for the first time i think, it is the last film in the Michael Wilding/Anna Neagle pairings which is the primary reason i watched it, though another Brit 1940's film couple Googie Withers and her husband John McCallum also appeared, who i also like. Derby Day is the weakest of the Neagle/Wilding films which oddly doesn't capitalise on their chemistry and casts them in sorrowful mood; there is no kiss even, let alone any singing and dancing duet-ting. Withers and McCallum have the more interesting duo plot to play I think. There is some nicely done Brit comic character supporting roles, but overall Derby Day doesn't really click or come together. It is too fragmented and moves around so much between the different stories that you never get really into anyone of them. It is a bit of a swansong film to a different earlier type of film making. Neagle is lovingly photgraphed but both her and Googie Withers seem a little old for the parts they are playing. It's hard not to flinch a little at the blatant class differences on show but then the film's over 50 years old.