Grand National Night (1953) [DVD]

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Previous to this film version Grand National Night had been presented as a BBC Radio serial as well as the original stage play, which was produced in 1945 and 1946. Nigel Patrick is assured and convincing in the central role of a gentlemen horse trainer who becomes involved in a game of cat-and-mouse with a Scotland Yard inspector who suspects him of murder.

The horse gives birth to a foal on a tempestuous, stormy Grand National day, just when one of Gerald's other horses wins - for the first time ever. After race horse trainer Gerald Coates' horse wins the Grand National, his wife come home drunk, and the two of them have a violent argument, and she is accidentally killed. she insists on taking his pregnant mare out for a ride, which eventually causes the horse to go into labour prematurely.

But then he has a violent argument with his wife (Moira Lister), which results in her accidental murder.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.A racehorse owner (Nigel Patrick) who accidentally killed his wife (Moira Lister) matches wits with a detective. Other members of the supporting cast include Noel Purcell as the vet, Betty Ann Davis as 'Pinkie' (a posh version of Dora Bryan) and Colin Gordon as Patrick's scrounging friend, 'Buns'. In this British crime thriller directed by Bob McNaught, adapted from the play by Dorothy and Campbell Christie, a British racehorse owner (Nigel Patrick) manages to win the Grand National with his horse. Grand National Night is a 1953 British thriller film brought to the screen by George Minter, produced by Phil C.