Grand National Night (1953): Cast
Grand National Night is a 1953 crime thriller directed by Bob McNaught, starring Michael Hordern as Inspector Ayling, Nigel Patrick and May Hallatt. It runs 1 hour 20 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 20m (80 min)
- Director
- Bob McNaught
- Original language
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English - After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Grand National Night About?
The premise of Grand National Night without spoilers.
The story of a husband’s implication in his wife’s death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a murder charge.
Grand National Night Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- newspaper headline
- staying with a friend
- dachshund
- thrown from a horse
- bend down exposing cleavage
- out all night
- painted portrait
- woman wears a strapless gown
- irishman
- scotch whiskey
- convertible sedan
- alibi
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- butler
- wife wants a divorce
- fighting over a knife
- gossip
- horse racing
- neglected wife
- macintosh
- cheating wife
- liverpool england
- unfaithful wife
- woman smoking
- jealous woman
- turning over a table
- woman wears a fur stole
- alcoholic woman
- steeplechase
- animal giving birth
- grand national horse race
- rainy day
- telephone call from a phone booth
- wife murdered
- veterinarian
- loveless marriage
- bickering husband wife relationship
- woman with a knife
- horse race stock footage
- winning horse
- drunk driving
- whodunnit mystery
- man carries a woman in his arms
- ditzy blonde
- suspicious husband
- platinum blonde
- woman looks at herself in a mirror
- driving without a license
- death of horse
- woman riding a horse
- flashback
Grand National Night Cast & Characters
Michael Hordern leads the cast as Inspector Ayling, with Nigel Patrick as Gerald Coates and May Hallatt as Hoskyns. Directed by Bob McNaught; 16 actors are credited in all.
- Director Bob McNaught
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Michael Hordern as Inspector Ayling -
Nigel Patrick as Gerald Coates -
May Hallatt as Hoskyns - Russell Waters as Plainclothes Detective
Also Starring in Grand National Night
· 12 more- Colin Gordon Buns Darling
- Gibb McLaughlin Morton
- Noel Purcell Philip Balfour
- Moira Lister Babs Coates
- Ernest Jay Railway Official
- Betty Ann Davies Pinkie Collins
- Beatrice Campbell Joyce Penrose
- Richard Graydon Chandler
- Barry MacKay Sergeant Gibson
- Leslie Mitchell Jack Donovan
- Richard Grayden Chandler
- George Sequira George
More from Bob McNaught
More films directed by Bob McNaught: A Story of David and Sea Wife.
Grand National Night Also Known As
Also known as “Wicked Wife”.
- Also known as
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- Wicked Wife
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Grand National Night FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Grand National Night, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Grand National Night?
Grand National Night runs 1 hour 20 minutes (80 minutes).
When was Grand National Night released?
Grand National Night was released on April 15, 1953.
Who directed Grand National Night?
Grand National Night was directed by Bob McNaught.
More films by Bob McNaught Who is in the cast of Grand National Night?
Grand National Night stars Michael Hordern as Inspector Ayling, Nigel Patrick as Gerald Coates and May Hallatt as Hoskyns, among 16 credited actors.
Does Grand National Night have a post-credit scene?
No. Grand National Night has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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