The Final Test

1953
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1h 24m

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Sam Palmer is a cricketer about to play the final test match of his career. His schoolboy son Reggie is a budding poet who disappoints him by not attending the penultimate day's play. Unexpe... Read allSam Palmer is a cricketer about to play the final test match of his career. His schoolboy son Reggie is a budding poet who disappoints him by not attending the penultimate day's play. Unexpectedly, Reggie is invited to the home of poet and writer Alexander Whitehead. Reggie fears... Read allSam Palmer is a cricketer about to play the final test match of his career. His schoolboy son Reggie is a budding poet who disappoints him by not attending the penultimate day's play. Unexpectedly, Reggie is invited to the home of poet and writer Alexander Whitehead. Reggie fears he will also miss the final day--and therefore Sam's last innings--but it turns out that ... Read all

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Trivia
In the opening scene, shot in London Waterloo railway station, the film of the locomotive arriving at the platform is flipped left-to-right, as revealed by the mirror-reversed number on the side of the locomotive cab. This was most likely intentional, so that in the next shot the platform is on the same side of the train.

Goofs
At the end of the first day of England's innings it is said that they scored 320. The next day on the radio, John Arlott says 283.

Quotes
Reggie Palmer: I'm afraid I don't awfully like cricket.
Alexander Whitehead: Don't you really? I have heard of such people.

Connections
Remade as The Final Test (1961)

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6/10

On A Sticky Wicket

Certainly not one of Ratigans best screenplays.Not really helped by the casting of the 60 year old Jack Warner as a test cricketer in his forties.There are some really odd things about this film.Warner inviting to dinner one of the match umpires,the day before he bats.Later going into a pub at 1030pm,albeit just to romance Brenda Bruce who is about 25 years younger than him.They seem more like grandfather and granddaughter than lovers.Then there is a batsman who is out sauntering about the dressing room in a tie and suit.All very archaic.Good to see many of the heroes of the 1953 ashes winning team,Dennis Compton,Len Hutton and Jim Laker.How we could have done with them in Australia.