| The King's Cup | |
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.jpg) Chili Bouchier & Harry Milton | |
| Directed by | Donald Macardle Herbert Wilcox Robert Cullen Alan Cobham (Flying Scenes Co-ordinator) |
| Written by | Alan Cobham |
| Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Starring | Chili Bouchier Harry Milton William Kendall |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Music by | Lew Stone |
Production company | Herbert Wilcox Productions (for)British & Dominions Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service (Uk) |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The King's Cup is a 1933 British drama film directed byAlan Cobham,Donald Macardle,Herbert Wilcox and Robert Cullen and starringChili Bouchier, Harry Milton andWilliam Kendall.[1] The film is named after theKing's Cup air race, established byKing George V in 1922 as an endurance race across Britain, to encourage development in engine design and the sport ofaviation. Stars Chili Bouchier and Harry Milton were married at the time the film was made.[2]
A pilot who has lost his nerve following an accident regains it after meeting a woman and goes on to win a major air race.
TV Guide gave the film one out of four stars, and wrote, "the novelty of four directors did nothing out of the ordinary in terms of what appears on the screen."[3] whileThe Cinema Museum noted "a tantalizing glimpse of the (Brooklands) airfield and some of the flying that took place there before the Second World War."[2]
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