Cheer the Brave

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Cheer the Brave
Directed byKenneth Hume
Written byKenneth Hume
Produced by John Sutro
David Webster
Starring
Production
company
SWH-Piccadilly
Distributed byApex Film Distributors
Release date
August 1951
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Cheer the Brave is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Kenneth Hume and starring Elsie Randolph, Jack McNaughton and Geoffrey Keen. It was made at Southall Studios as a second feature. [1]

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A mild-mannered man gets married, but soon finds his new wife to be a domineering tyrant. After discovering her previous husband is not really dead, he manages to escape from her clutches.

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  1. Chibnall & MacFarlane p.127

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