Wild Boy (film)

Wild Boy is a 1934 British comedy sports film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Sonnie Hale, Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen. It was by Gainsborough Pictures at Lime Grove Studios.^[1] The sets were designed by Alfred Junge. Often forgotten, but the role of "Wild Boy" was played by the greyhound Mick the Miller.

This film is a caper story of greyhound racing and the efforts of a crooked dog owner to stop a rival's dog, Wild Boy, from running in the Greyhound Derby. Allmovie shows a different synopsis.^[2]

• Sonnie Hale as Billy Grosvenor
• Gwyneth Lloyd as Marjorie Warren
• Bud Flanagan as Dick Smith
• Chesney Allen as Auctioneer and Bookmaker
• Lyn Harding as Frank Redfern
• Leonora Corbett as Gladys Scrivener
• Ronald Squire as Rollo
• Fred Kitchen as Joe Plumer
• Arthur Sinclair as P. Murphy
• Cyril Smith as Kennel Boy
• Mick the Miller as Wild Boy

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

• Wild Boy at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
• Wild Boy at IMDb

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