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    Fast Lady, The (1962)

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    Naive Scotsman Murdoch Troon (Stanley Baxter), an enthusiastic member of the local cycling club, is involved in an accident with wealthy and arrogant businessman Commander Charles Chingford (James Robertson Justice), who hates both cyclists and Scotsmen.

    Murdoch then meets Chingford’s beautiful blonde daughter, Claire (Julie Christie) and is instantly smitten. She persuades him to give up his bicycle and buy a sports car.

    He buys a vintage 1927 Bentley ex-racing car – the “fast lady” of the title – in order to impress her.

    Now he must learn to drive and pass his test within a week before his first date with Claire. He also needs to win over her autocratic and domineering old father who has taken a distinct dislike to the young Scotsman.

    Leslie Phillips co-stars as Freddie Fox, Murdoch’s used car salesman friend – and fellow boarder with Mrs Staggers (Kathleen Harrison) – who sells him The Fast Lady.

    The Fast Lady is a gentle mix of romantic comedy and slapstick, featuring a never-ending smorgasbord of cameos from British comedy greats – particularly in the closing chase with a group of bank robbers in a Mk VII Jag – including Eric Barker, Deryck Guyler, Dick Emery, Frankie Howerd, Bernard Cribbins and Clive Dunn. Motor racing legends Graham Hill and John Surtees appear in one of Murdoch’s dreams.

    This was the second of four 1960’s British comedy films featuring Stanley Baxter, James Robertson Justice, and Leslie Phillips. The others were Very Important Person (1961), Crooks Anonymous (1962) and Father Came Too (1963).

    With the exception of the latter, all were directed by Ken Annakin, who later made Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines.

    Freddie Fox
    Leslie Phillips
    Claire Chingford
    Julie Christie
    Charles Chingford
    James Robertson Justice
    Murdoch Troon
    Stanley Baxter
    Mrs Staggers
    Kathleen Harrison
    Major Basil Wentworth
    Eric Barker
    1st Golfer
    Fred Emney
    2nd Golfer
    Eddie Gray
    Road Workman
    Frankie Howerd
    Raymond Baxter
    Himself
    John Bolster
    Himself
    Graham Hill
    Himself
    John Surtees
    Himself
    Bodley
    Allan Cuthbertson
    Bulmer
    Oliver Johnston
    Shingler
    Dick Emery
    Lady on Zebra Crossing
    Esma Cannon
    Policeman
    Victor Brooks
    Dr Blake
    Deryck Guyler
    Motorcycle PolicemanΒ 
    Terence Alexander
    Ambulance Patient
    Bernard Cribbins
    Old Gentleman in Burning House
    Clive Dunn
    Actor in Scottish TV show
    Gerald Campion
    Kingscombe
    Campbell Singer
    Miss Timpkins
    Ann Beach
    Gert
    Anne Blake
    Wal
    Terry Scully
    Constantine
    Mark Heath
    Examiner
    Trevor Reid
    Miss Oldham
    Marianne Stone
    Bandits
    Danny Green
    Eddie Leslie
    Michael Balfour
    Brunhilde
    Heidi Erich
    Police Sergeant
    John Dunbar
    Man with Microscope
    Martin Miller
    Angry Motorist
    Toke Townley
    Freddie’s Girlfriend
    Irene Barrie
    Pretty Girl
    Anna Ostling-Thomas
    Maya
    May Ling Rahman

    Director
    Ken Annakin

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