Genevieve
1953 | 86m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Henry Cornelius |
|---|---|
| Writer: | William Rose |
| Staring: |
| Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home. | |
| Release Date: | May 28, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Henry Cornelius |
| Writer: | William Rose |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | london, england, car race, brighton, england, technicolor, vintage car |
| Production Companies | J. Arthur Rank Organisation, La Société des Films Sirius |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dinah Sheridan | Wendy McKim |
| John Gregson | Alan McKim |
| Kay Kendall | Rosalind Peters |
| Kenneth More | Ambrose Claverhouse |
| Geoffrey Keen | Policeman |
| Reginald Beckwith | J. C. Callahan |
| Arthur Wontner | Old Gentleman |
| Joyce Grenfell | Hotel Proprietress |
| Leslie Mitchell | Himself, Newsreel Commentator |
| Michael Balfour | Trumpeter (Uncredited) |
| Stanley Escane | Film Cameraman (Uncredited) |
| Fred Griffiths | Ice Cream Seller (Uncredited) |
| Charles Lamb | Publican (Uncredited) |
| Arthur Lovegrove | Hotel Doorman (Uncredited) |
| Edie Martin | Guest (Uncredited) |
| Edward Malin | Spectator (Uncredited) |
| Michael Medwin | Father To Be (Uncredited) |
| Harold Siddons | Policeman (Uncredited) |
| Fred Nicholas | Police Constable (Uncredited) |
| Joey Carr | Mechanic Joey (Uncredited) |
| Patrick Westwood | Mechanic (Uncredited) |
| Lesley Dudley | Little Girl (Uncredited) |
| Christopher Warbey | Little Boy (Uncredited) |
| Richard Duke | Nightclub Patron (Uncredited) |
| Ernest Blyth | Nightclub Patron (Uncredited) |
| Aileen Lewis | Nightclub Patron (Uncredited) |
| Martin Lyder | Nightclub Patron (Uncredited) |
| Frank Schock | Onlooker (Uncredited) |
| Jim Tyson | Onlooker (Uncredited) |
| Daniel Brown | Onlooker (Uncredited) |
| Billy Wilmot | Onlooker (Uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| William Rose | Screenplay, Story |
| Larry Adler | Original Music Composer |
| Clive Donner | Editor |
| Henry Cornelius | Director |
| Christopher Challis | Director of Photography |
| Michael Stringer | Art Direction |
| Marjory Cornelius | Costume Design |
| Yvonne Axeworthy | Script Supervisor |
| Muir Mathieson | Music Director |
| Ted Moore | Camera Operator |
| Helen Penfold | Hairstylist |
| Paul Rabiger | Makeup Artist |
| Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| C. C. Stevens | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Henry Cornelius | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
|---|
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Trending Position
Very much in the spirit of the "Ealing Comedies", this is a simple and engaging story of two chaps - "Alan" (John Gregson) and "Ambrose" (Kenneth More) who bet each other the princely sum (in 1953) of £100 on which of their vintage cars can race the 50-odd miles from London to Brighton quickest. Dra ... gging their reluctant partners "Wendy" (Dinah Sheridan) and "Rosalind" (Kay Kendall) along too, we embark of a fun series of escapades as they test the limits of their friendship, the patience of the police (a nice effort from Geoffrey Keen) and their respective engineering. The photography is colourful and the cars almost as temperamental as their increasingly competitive drivers. Kendall is probably the star for me - pushing a car from an huge puddle was definitely not what she signed up for; and the ending is quite literally neck-and-neck. There is plenty of light-hearted humour to be had, and Larry Adler has composed a suitably jolly score to accompany their automotive antics. All good fun!