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This article is about the 1934 film. For the song by Machine Gun Kelly, see Wild Boy (song).

1934 British film

Wild Boy
Directed by	Albert de Courville
Written by	J.E.S. Bradford Albert de Courville Stafford Dickens
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Starring	Sonnie Hale Bud Flanagan Chesney Allen
Cinematography	Philip Tannura
Edited by	R. E. Dearing
Music by	Louis Levy
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	May 1934 (1934-05)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Wild Boy is a 1934 British comedy sports film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Sonnie Hale, Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen. It was by Gainsborough Pictures at Lime Grove Studios. The sets were designed by Alfred Junge. Often forgotten, but the role of "Wild Boy" was played by the greyhound Mick the Miller.

Premise

This film is a caper story of greyhound racing and the efforts of a crooked dog owner to stop a rival's dog, Wild Boy, from running in the Greyhound Derby. Allmovie shows a different synopsis.

Cast

Sonnie Hale as Billy Grosvenor
Gwyneth Lloyd as Marjorie Warren
Bud Flanagan as Dick Smith
Chesney Allen as Auctioneer and Bookmaker
Lyn Harding as Frank Redfern
Leonora Corbett as Gladys Scrivener
Ronald Squire as Rollo
Fred Kitchen as Joe Plumer
Arthur Sinclair as P. Murphy
Cyril Smith as Kennel Boy
Mick the Miller as Wild Boy

References

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Wild Boy at the British Film Institute
Wild Boy at IMDb

v t e Films produced by Gainsborough Pictures
"Gainsborough melodramas"	The Man in Grey (1943) Fanny by Gaslight (1944) Love Story (1944) Madonna of the Seven Moons (1944) The Wicked Lady (1945) They Were Sisters (1945) Caravan (1946) The Magic Bow (1946) The Root of All Evil (1947) Jassy (1947) When the Bough Breaks (1947)
Other	The Passionate Adventure (1924) The Rat (1925) The Cabaret Kid (1926) The Triumph of the Rat (1926) Blighty (1927) The Constant Nymph (1928) The First Born (1928) The Return of the Rat (1929) Taxi for Two (1929) A Night in Montmartre (1931) Hindle Wakes (1931) Jack's the Boy (1932) It's a Boy (1933) Friday the Thirteenth (1933) Wild Boy (1934) My Old Dutch (1934) The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) Oh, Mr Porter! (1937) Doctor Syn (1937) Strange Boarders (1938) The Ghost Train (1941) I Thank You (1941) Back-Room Boy (1942) Uncensored (1942) Dear Octopus (1943) Bees in Paradise (1944) Time Flies (1944) Give Us the Moon (1944) Two Thousand Women (1944) Waterloo Road (1945) A Place of One's Own (1945) I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945) Dear Murderer (1947) Easy Money (1948) Miranda (1948) Broken Journey (1948) My Brother's Keeper (1948) Here Come the Huggetts (1948) Vote for Huggett (1949) It's Not Cricket (1949) The Huggetts Abroad (1949) Marry Me! (1949) The Bad Lord Byron (1949) Christopher Columbus (1949) So Long at the Fair (1950)

Films produced by Gainsborough Pictures

"Gainsborough melodramas"

The Man in Grey (1943)
Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
Love Story (1944)
Madonna of the Seven Moons (1944)
The Wicked Lady (1945)
They Were Sisters (1945)
Caravan (1946)
The Magic Bow (1946)
The Root of All Evil (1947)
Jassy (1947)
When the Bough Breaks (1947)

Other

The Passionate Adventure (1924)
The Rat (1925)
The Cabaret Kid (1926)
The Triumph of the Rat (1926)
Blighty (1927)
The Constant Nymph (1928)
The First Born (1928)
The Return of the Rat (1929)
Taxi for Two (1929)
A Night in Montmartre (1931)
Hindle Wakes (1931)
Jack's the Boy (1932)
It's a Boy (1933)
Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
Wild Boy (1934)
My Old Dutch (1934)
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
Doctor Syn (1937)
Strange Boarders (1938)
The Ghost Train (1941)
I Thank You (1941)
Back-Room Boy (1942)
Uncensored (1942)
Dear Octopus (1943)
Bees in Paradise (1944)
Time Flies (1944)
Give Us the Moon (1944)
Two Thousand Women (1944)
Waterloo Road (1945)
A Place of One's Own (1945)
I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945)
Dear Murderer (1947)
Easy Money (1948)
Miranda (1948)
Broken Journey (1948)
My Brother's Keeper (1948)
Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
Vote for Huggett (1949)
It's Not Cricket (1949)
The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
Marry Me! (1949)
The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
Christopher Columbus (1949)
So Long at the Fair (1950)

v t e The films of Albert de Courville
Wolves (1930) 77 Park Lane (1931) 77 Rue Chalgrin (1931) Between Night and Day (1932) Under the Leather Helmet (1932) There Goes the Bride (1932) The Midshipmaid (1932) This Is the Life (1933) Wild Boy (1934) Things Are Looking Up (1935) Charing Cross Road (1935) The Case of Gabriel Perry (1935) Seven Sinners (1936) Strangers on Honeymoon (1936) Clothes and the Woman (1937) The Rebel Son (1938) Oh Boy! (1938) Star of the Circus (1938) Crackerjack (1938) The Lambeth Walk (1939) An Englishman's Home (1940)

The films of Albert de Courville

Wolves (1930)
77 Park Lane (1931)
77 Rue Chalgrin (1931)
Between Night and Day (1932)
Under the Leather Helmet (1932)
There Goes the Bride (1932)
The Midshipmaid (1932)
This Is the Life (1933)
Wild Boy (1934)
Things Are Looking Up (1935)
Charing Cross Road (1935)
The Case of Gabriel Perry (1935)
Seven Sinners (1936)
Strangers on Honeymoon (1936)
Clothes and the Woman (1937)
The Rebel Son (1938)
Oh Boy! (1938)
Star of the Circus (1938)
Crackerjack (1938)
The Lambeth Walk (1939)
An Englishman's Home (1940)

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