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Racetrack ice cream seller calms nervous horse, and,
as a result, lands a job as a stableboy, eventually riding the horse to win in a funny and
exciting race.
In a sub-plot he is accused of stealing the wallet of one of the connections, which
doesn't help when he finds 'digs' with the local police sergeant.
Tailor made for ex-jockey Formby.
Brendan Ryan
Leslie Halliwell's Film Guide
A stableboy calms a nervous racehorse and rides him to victory.
Standard comedy vehicle, well-mounted, with the star at his box
office peak.
Look out for the big mistake when George, after
singing I'm Making Headway Now in the stables, places his uke into a wheel barrow
and walks away.
Trouble is that the uke is a totally different instrument to the one GF uses to
sing the song!
Peter Pollard
Come On George
ATP/ABFD
Produced by: Jack Kitchen
Writers: Anthony Kimmins, Leslie Arliss and Val Valentine
Director: Anthony Kimmins
Trade Show: October 20 1939; Released on: January 01 1940
Cast: George Formby, Pat Kirkwood, Joss Ambler,
Merial Forbes
Cyril Raymond, George Carney, Ronald Shiner, Gibb McLaughlin,
Hal Gordon, C. Denier Warren, James Hayter.
Songs:
I'm Making Headway Now (Formby/Gifford/Cliffe)
I Couldn't Let The Stable Down (Formby/Gifford/Cliffe)
Pardon Me (Formby/Frame/Nicholson)
Goodnight Little Fellow, Goodnight (Formby/Gifford/Cliffe)
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