The Lambeth Walk (film)

The Lambeth Walk
Directed by	Albert de Courville
Produced by	Anthony Havelock-Allan
Written by	Clifford Grey Robert Edmunds John Paddy Carstairs Noel Gay (play) Douglas Furber (play) Louis Arthur Rose (play)
Starring	Lupino Lane Sally Gray Seymour Hicks
Music by	Louis Levy
Cinematography	Francis Carver
Edited by	Richard Best Lister Laurance
Production company	Pinewood Studios
Distributed by	MGM
Release dates	3 April 1939
Running time	84 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Lambeth Walk is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Lupino Lane, Sally Gray and Seymour Hicks. It was an adaptation of the 1937 musical Me and My Girl. The film takes its title from the play's best known song The Lambeth Walk. The star of the musical, Lupino Lane, reprised his lead role in the film.

Synopsis

Bill Snibson, a chancer from Lambeth Walk in South London, is informed that he has been discovered to be the long-lost heir to a title and castle which he can claim provided he is able to convince his new relations that he has enough aristocratic bearing. Things soon begin to go awry however, particularly when Sally, Bill's girlfriend from Lambeth, turns up.

Cast

• Lupino Lane - Bill Snibson
• Sally Gray - Sally Smith
• Sir Seymour Hicks - Sir John
• Norah Howard - The Duchess
• Enid Stamp-Taylor - Jacqueline
• Wallace Lupino - Parchester
• Wilfrid Hyde-White - Lord Battersby
• May Hallatt - Lady Battersby
• Mark Lester - Sir Roger
• Charles Heslop - Oswald

External links

• The Lambeth Walk at IMDb