Chance of a Lifetime

Chance of a Lifetime

1h 29m 6.3/10

Overview

The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.

Director

Bernard Miles

Top Billed Cast

Basil Radford

Basil Radford

Dickinson

Kenneth More

Kenneth More

Adam

Julien Mitchell

Julien Mitchell

Morris

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Bolger

Bernard Miles

Bernard Miles

Stevens

Niall MacGinnis

Niall MacGinnis

Baxter

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

12/27/2022

7/10

"Dickinson" (Basil Radford) runs a small foundry that makes farming implements in post-war Britain that has it's fair share of disgruntled employees. When they threaten a walk out after the stroppy "Bolger" (Geoffrey Keen) gets the push, he offers to let them try their hand at running the business instead. What ensues is a depiction of their valiant attempt to make a go of it, and what makes it interesting - aside from some characterful performances from Radford, Niall MacGinnis, Kenneth More and a smartly paced dialogue - is that Bernard Miles doesn't present us with a rose-coloured "co-op" success story. They have plenty of glitches, contretemps and the ending is clever and fulfilling, without being cloyingly sentimental. It's emblematic of the start of a new post-war era of industrial relations peppered with some good comedic lines and a genuinely plausible, collaborative, perspective. Definitely worth watching.

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