Derby Day-1952-Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers, Gordon Harker

An engaging, absorbing look at the various flotsam and jetsam that pit themselves against the Fates at Epsom Downs on Derby Day. This is the early 1950s, when the British class system was firmly rooted and unassailable, and director Herbert Wilcox nicely milks its rituals and nuances at a great cultural event. The portmanteau cast effortlessly goes through its paces with the likes of Googie Withers, Michael Wilding and Wilcox's wife Anna Neagle traversing familiar territory with aplomb and confidence. We have been here many times before, but it's still fun.