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Riding High U rating

The sedate peace of Victorian England is disrupted by bumbling comedian Claude Dampier and that miracle of modern transport - the penny farthing...

Comedy 1939 mins

Overview

Popular comedian Claude Dampier is seen at his best here, as he disrupts the sedate peace of Victorian England in his attempt to help a village blacksmith win both a bicycle race and the girl. Can the blacksmith's new bicycle design triumph over his rival's trusty penny farthing?

Further entertainment is provided by a bevy of can-can dancers and a 'minstrel' show - still a popular form in the late-30s, when few objected to 'blackface' representations that we find disturbing today.

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