

Once a Jolly Swagman
Overview
A factory worker quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.
- Production
- Wessex Film Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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Cast

Dirk Bogarde
Bill Fox

Bonar Colleano
Tommy Possey

Bill Owen
Lag Gibbon

Renée Asherson
Pat

Thora Hird
Ma Fox

James Hayter
Pa Fox

Patric Doonan
Dick

Moira Lister
Dotty Liz

Sidney James
Rowton

Pauline Jameson
Mrs. Lewis

Cyril Cusack
Duggie

Russell Waters
Mr. Pusey

Sandra Dorne
Kay Fox

Cyril Chamberlain
Reporter

Jennifer Jayne
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Edward Judd
Cheering Crowd Member (uncredited)

Sam Kydd
Johnny Briggs (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Jack Lee
- Writers
- William Rose
- Composer
- Bernard Stevens
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CinemaSerf
July 9, 2022
Aside from the odd rendition of "Waltzing Matilda" - I am unsure as to the reason for the title, but don't be put off - it's about speedway not swag (or sheep). Dirk Bogarde is at his most alluring as "Bill", a man who gets laid off from his job testing lightbulbs and who takes up the sport of dirt-track speedway. Discovering he has a bit of a penchant for it, he is soon earning £90-a week and but for the intervention of WWII could have been a true champion. After the war, though, his wife "Pat"…