Never back losers

Movie
Original title	Never back losers
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	1961
length	61 minutes
Rod
Director	Robert Tronson
script	Lukas Heller , Edgar Wallace
production	Jack Greenwood , ; Jim O'Connolly
music	Bernard Ebbinghouse
camera	Bert Mason
cut	Derek Holding
occupation
	Jack Hedley : Jim Mathews; Jacqueline Ellis : Marion Parker; Patrick Magee : Ben Black; Michael Coles : Frank Murray; Richard Warner : Mr. Crabtree; Derek Francis : RR Harris; Austin Trevor : Col. Warburton; Harry Locke : Mr. Burnside; Larry Martyn : Clive Parker; Howard Pays : Freddie; Hilda Barry : Mrs. Sanders; George Tovey : Wally Sanders;

Never Back Losers (translated as "never bet on losers") is a British crime film directed by Robert Tronson from 1961 . It was produced by the film company Merton Park Studios . The script comes from the screenwriter Lukas Heller and builds on the novel The Green Ribbon by Edgar Wallace (published in German as Turfschwindel ). The film was part of the first half of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries , a series of 47 Edgar Wallace film adaptations made by Merton Park Studios between 1960 and 1965; it was never shown in Germany.

action

Insurance agent Jim Mathews tries to solve the case after a young jockey is murdered. He uncovered a gang of fraudsters who manipulate horse races with bribes . He succeeds in confronting the boss of the gang, "Lucky" Ben Black and thus helping an honest jockey to win.

Reviews

In their Das Edgar Wallace Lexikon from 2004, Joachim Kramp and Jürgen Wehnert cite a review of the film in the 1962 Monthly Film Bulletin . She describes the film as the first “from the Edgar Wallace series of 'Crime-and-Turf' stories” and praises the skillful use of Jack Hedley and his “winning shy personality”. The film develops "with quiet sophistication in the milieu of player groups and night clubs", while racing scenes only appear at the beginning and at the end of the film.

supporting documents

^ "Never Back Losers (Film)." In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: The Edgar Wallace Lexicon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004; P. 458. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .
^ Review of the Monthly Film Bulletin from January 1962, quoted from "Never Back Losers." In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: The Edgar Wallace Lexicon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004; P. 458. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .

Web links

Never Back Losers in the Internet Movie Database (English)

[Kramp_&_Wehnert_2004-1] "Never Back Losers (Film)." In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: The Edgar Wallace Lexicon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004; P. 458. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .

[Kramp_&_Wehnert_2004_MFB-2] Review of the Monthly Film Bulletin from January 1962, quoted from "Never Back Losers." In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: The Edgar Wallace Lexicon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004; P. 458. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .