The Great Game (1930 film)

The Great Game
Directed byJack Raymond
Written byRalph Gilbert Bettison
William Hunter
John Lees
W. P. Lipscomb
Produced byL'Estrange Fawcett
StarringJohn Batten
Renee Clama
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Release date
  • 27 August 1930 (1930-08-27)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Great Game is a 1930 British film, one of the earliest feature films to use football as a central theme.[1] [2]

Background

Like The Winning Goal (1920) and The Ball of Fortune (1926), the main plot in The Great Game revolved around football.[1]

Much of the film is set in Chelsea's home ground, Stamford Bridge.[citation needed] It contains guest appearances by numerous real-life footballers from Chelsea F.C., Arsenal F.C., and Birmingham City F.C.[3] These included George Mills, Andy Wilson, Sam Millington and Billy Blyth.[citation needed]

It was also notable for featuring the first credited appearance of Rex Harrison.[citation needed]

Plot

The film's plot contains many elements of what would become clichés in the sporting film genre. Dicky Brown is a young, aspiring footballer who plays for a struggling side, the fictional Manningford F.C., a team in the midst of a successful cup run. He manages to charm the daughter of the chairman and thus breaks into the side, and ultimately wins the Cup for his team.

The film covers now clichéd conflicts within football which still exist. The manager of the team wants to give his young players a chance in the side; the chairman, on the other hand, insists on signing established star players, such as Jack Cock (then of Millwall F.C., previously of Chelsea F.C. and Everton F.C.).

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Gisbert, Paco (February 2002). "Fútbol y cine: un matrimonio imposible" [Football and cinema: an impossible marriage]. Archivos de la Filmoteca (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2024 – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ The Observer Book of Film. Observer Books. 2007. pp. 74–75.
  3. ^ "The Great Game". BFI. Retrieved 3 November 2024.


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