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Dirk Bogarde
Bill Fox
Bonar Colleano
Tommy Possey
Bill Owen
Lag Gibbon
Renée Asherson
Pat
Thora Hird
Ma Fox
James Hayter
Pa Fox
Patric Doonan
Dick
Moira Lister
Dotty Liz
Sid James
Rowton
Dudley Jones
Taffy
Pauline Jameson
Mrs. Lewis
Cyril Cusack
Duggie
Anthony Oliver
Derek
Russell Waters
Mr. Pusey
Sandra Dorne
Kay Fox
Stuart Lindsell
Mr. Yates
Frederick Knight
Chick
Michael Kent
Solicitor
Cyril Chamberlain
Reporter
June Bardsley
W.A.A.F. Flight Sergeant
Jennifer Jayne
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Edward Judd
Cheering Crowd Member (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Johnny Briggs (uncredited)
Andrea Lea
Guest at Chelsea Party (uncredited)
Miriam Lehmann-Haupt
Guest at Chelsea Party (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 09 2022

Aside from the odd rendition of "Waltzing Matilda" - I am unsure as to the reason for the title, but don't be put off - it's about speedway not swag (or sheep). Dirk Bogarde is at his most alluring as "Bill", a man who gets laid off from his job testing lightbulbs and who takes up the sport of dirt-track speedway. Discovering he has a bit of a penchant for it, he is soon earning £90-a week and but for the intervention of WWII could have been a true champion. After the war, though, his wife "Pat" (Renée Asherson) gives him an ultimatum despite him struggling to get so much as a milk round to mak...