| Derby Day | |
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| Directed by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Written by | Arthur Austen John Baines Monckton Hoffe Alan Melville |
| Produced by | Maurice Cowan Hebert Wilcox |
| Starring | Anna Neagle Michael Wilding Googie Withers John McCallum Peter Graves Suzanne Cloutier Gordon Harker |
| Narrated by | Raymond Glendenning |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
| Edited by | Bill Lewthwaite |
| Music by | Anthony Collins |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | British Lion Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £150,010 (UK)[1] |
Derby Day (U.S. title: Four Against Fate) is a 1952 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers, John McCallum, Peter Graves, Suzanne Cloutier and Gordon Harker.[2] An ensemble piece, it portrays several characters on their way to the Derby Day races at Epsom Downs Racecourse. It was an attempt to revive the success that Neagle and Wilding had previously enjoyed on screen together.[3] To promote the film, Wilcox arranged for Neagle to launch the film at the 1952 Epsom Derby.[4]
While making the film, Wilding began dating Elizabeth Taylor, who was in London filming Ivanhoe, and later became her second husband.[5]