Grand National Night
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8

Nigel Patrick
Gerald Coates

Moira Lister
Babs Coates

Beatrice Campbell
Joyce Penrose

Betty Ann Davies
Pinkie Collins

Michael Hordern
Inspector Ayling

Noel Purcell
Philip Balfour
Leslie Mitchell
Jack Donovan

Barry MacKay
Sergeant Gibson
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Director
Bob McNaught
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Reviews1
What ought to have been night of celebration turns sour for Grand National winning owner "Coates" (Nigel Patrick) when a contretemps with his drunken wife "Babs" (Moira Lister) leaves him the subject of a police investigation. The thing is - what really happened that night and can the pernickety "Insp. Ayling" (Michael Hordern) piece it all together? Lister features but sparingly, but her characterisation of "Babs" does rather get under your fingernails, so as the police work proceeded I did start to feel just a bit of sympathy for her rather idiotic, but good natured, husband - and Patrick is on decent form in that role here. It skips along nicely and engagingly for eighty minutes with a solid contribution from the usually reliable Noel Purcell and a soupçon of glamour from the underused Beatrice Campbell too. Maybe not his "latest and greatest screen role" as it said in the publicity blurb, but it's not a bad vehicle for a star who does enough here to keep it interesting, if not exactly intriguing with what must have been a fairly limited budget.
Nov 5, 2023











