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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1949-02-02
Languageen
Runtime1h 40m
Production

Wessex Film Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

5.8(15)
•1949•1h 40m

Once a Jolly Swagman

RomanceDrama

Overview

A factory worker quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.

Director
Jack Lee
Writing & Screenplay
William Rose

Principal Cast

26 credited
Dirk Bogarde
Dirk BogardeBill Fox
Bonar Colleano
Bonar ColleanoTommy Possey
Bill Owen
Bill OwenLag Gibbon
Renée Asherson
Renée AshersonPat
Thora Hird
Thora HirdMa Fox
James Hayter
James HayterPa Fox
Patric Doonan
Patric DoonanDick
Moira Lister
Moira ListerDotty Liz
Sidney James
Sidney JamesRowton
DJ
Dudley JonesTaffy

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