A fairly average plot involving George Formby trying to catch a counterfeit money gang using a special ink after he too has become a victim of the "slush" money at the racecourse. George is his usual funny self and strums out a few good Ukulele songs as per the norm. His side-kicks Googie Withers and Gus McNaughton both play good roles and the film production itself is adequate with the wrestling and brewery scenes being well executed.

This film has a few nice shots of Goodwood racecourse but they are exactly the same ones filmed in Take A Chance (1937). Even the racing action has also been "borrowed" from the Take A Chance (1937) film, with the close up shots being of the same number 8 horse, same jockey and silks and the same result. I wonder how they got away with that - I assume they paid for the rights to use the same footage.

This used to be one of my favourite films as it showed Goodwood racecourse as it was in the 1930s but I feel a bit cheated now having discovered that they used the same racing sequences as those shot in the Take A Chance film. I'm still a big George Formby fan but this film has dropped a little down the pecking order for me. Incidentaly this is the only film where George Formby kisses his leading lady on the lips - his controlling wife soon put a stop to that!

One film I would really love to see is the 1915 George Formby silent film "By The Shortest of Heads" which was filmed at Epsom but there is said to be no copy in existence - see the George Formby site for more details. (Rating 3/10)

Favourite Quotes
George Gullip:  "Good heavens it's Mary, she's in danger, come on let's go and get her"
Bill Pike: "Not me, I've had enough for one night"
George Guillip: "She's at the Blue Star brewery"
Bill Pike: "That's different"


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