It's a Grand Life is a 1953

1953 in film

The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:A...

 British comedy film starring Frank Randle

Frank Randle

Frank Randle was an English comedian...

 and Diana Dors

Diana Dors

Diana Dors was an English actress, born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire. Considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Dors described herself as: "The only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva."-Early life:Diana Mary Fluck was born in ­Swindon,...

. Music hall comedian Frank Randle stars as an accident-prone Private in his final film appearance. The film also features the professional wrestler Jack Pye

Jack Pye

Jack Pye, also known as Dirty Jack Pye and the Doncaster Panther, was an English professional wrestler and actor from Doncaster, England.-Wrestling career:In 1933, Pye came close to beating Atholl Oakley for the British Heavyweight Championship...

 and the popular pianist Winifred Atwell

Winifred Atwell

Una Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or April 1910 or 1914There is some uncertainty over her date and year of birth. Many sources suggest 27 February 1914, but there is a strong suggestion that her birthday was 27 April. Most sources give her year of birth as...

. The role of Pvt Pendergast was played by Arthur White

Arthur White (actor)

Arthur White is an English actor of stage and screen, best known for his occasional role as police archivist Ernie Trigg in the crime drama A Touch of Frost, alongside his real life younger brother Sir David Jason. His parents were Arthur R White and Olwen Jones...

, who is the elder brother of the actor Sir David Jason

David Jason

Sir David John White, OBE , better known by his stage name David Jason, is an English BAFTA award-winning actor. He is best known as the main character Derek "Del Boy" Trotter on the BBC sit-com Only Fools and Horses from 1981, the voice of Mr Toad in The Wind In The Willows and as detective Jack...

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Cast

• Frank Randle
  Frank Randle
  Frank Randle was an English comedian...
  
   - Pvt. Randle
• Diana Dors
  Diana Dors
  Diana Dors was an English actress, born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire. Considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Dors described herself as: "The only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva."-Early life:Diana Mary Fluck was born in ­Swindon,...
  
   - Cpl. Paula Clements
• Dan Young - Pvt. Young
• Michael Brennan
  Michael Brennan (actor)
  Michael Brennan was an English film and television actor.Born in London, Brennan was married to actress Mary Hignett. He appeared in such films as Nicholas Nickleby, Thunderball, The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders, Tom Jones, and The 39 Steps...
  
   - Sgt. Maj. O'Reilly
• Jennifer Jayne
  Jennifer Jayne
  Jennifer Jayne was an English film and television actress.Her name at birth was Jennifer Jones, which she altered in order to avoid confusion with Jennifer Jones, the Hollywood actress...
  
   - Pvt. Desmond
• John Blythe - Pvt. Philip Green
• Anthony Hulme
  Anthony Hulme
  -Selected filmography:* A Yank at Oxford * The Body Vanished * The Frozen Limits * They Came by Night * Laugh It Off * Journey Together * Send for Paul Temple * Cardboard Cavalier...
  
   - Capt. Saunders
• Charles Peters - Pvt. Rubenstein
• Arthur White
  Arthur White (actor)
  Arthur White is an English actor of stage and screen, best known for his occasional role as police archivist Ernie Trigg in the crime drama A Touch of Frost, alongside his real life younger brother Sir David Jason. His parents were Arthur R White and Olwen Jones...
  
   - Pvt. Prendergast
• Leslie Gould
• Kevin Peters
• Ian Fleming
  Ian Fleming (actor)
  Ian Fleming was an Australian born character actor with credits in over 100 British movies.He is perhaps best known for playing Dr. Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes movies of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner's Holmes...
  
   - Mr. Clements
• Ruth Taylor - Mrs. Clements
• Jack Pye
  Jack Pye
  Jack Pye, also known as Dirty Jack Pye and the Doncaster Panther, was an English professional wrestler and actor from Doncaster, England.-Wrestling career:In 1933, Pye came close to beating Atholl Oakley for the British Heavyweight Championship...
  
   - Himself, Wrestler
• Bill Gernon - Himself, Wrestler
• Cab Cashford - Himself, Wrestler
• Carl Van Wurden - Himself, Wrestler
• Winifred Atwell
  Winifred Atwell
  Una Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or April 1910 or 1914There is some uncertainty over her date and year of birth. Many sources suggest 27 February 1914, but there is a strong suggestion that her birthday was 27 April. Most sources give her year of birth as...
  
  - Herself, Guest Artiste
• Peter Mullings - Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)