Riding High (1981 film)
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Riding High is a 1981 British
drama film
directed by Ross Cramer and starring Eddie Kidd, Irene Handl
and Murray Salem
. A bored young motorcycle messenger begins training to take part in a major competition.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Ross Cramer and starring Eddie Kidd, Irene Handl
Irene Handl
-Life:Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the daughter of an Austrian banker father and French mother. She took to acting at the relatively advanced age of 36, and studied at the acting school run by the sister of Dame Sybil Thorndike...
and Murray Salem
Murray Salem
Murray Salem was an American television actor and screenwriter.He appeared in a number of television shows as an actor, including the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth...
. A bored young motorcycle messenger begins training to take part in a major competition.
Cast
- Eddie Kidd ... Dave Munday
- Irene HandlIrene Handl-Life:Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the daughter of an Austrian banker father and French mother. She took to acting at the relatively advanced age of 36, and studied at the acting school run by the sister of Dame Sybil Thorndike...
... Gran - Murray SalemMurray SalemMurray Salem was an American television actor and screenwriter.He appeared in a number of television shows as an actor, including the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth...
... Marvin Ravensdorf - Marella Oppenheim ... Zoro
- Bill Mitchell ... Judas S. Chariot
- Zoot MoneyZoot MoneyGeorge Bruno Money, known as Zoot Money is a British vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader best known for his playing of the Hammond organ and association with his Big Roll Band...
... Dorking - Paul Humpoletz ... Gelt
- Lynda BellinghamLynda BellinghamLynda Bellingham is a Canadian-born English actress, broadcaster and author, who is known for her distinctive husky voice.-Early life:...
... Miss Mott - Daniel PeacockDaniel PeacockDaniel Peacock is an English actor, writer and director best known for his work with the team of The Comic Strip Presents.... He is also known as Danny Peacock.-Acting:...
... Clerk - Owen Whittaker ... Astro
- Claire Toeman ... Jem
- Ken KitsonKen KitsonKenneth "Ken" Kitson is a British actor who has been active on British television since the early 1970s....
... The Halifax Hellcat - Vivienne McKone ... Minty
- Saiward Green ... Mol
- Peter Whitman ... Fred Turkey
- Angela Crow ... Beryl
- April Olrich ... Dorking's Bird
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... Burt Ganja - Patricia HodgePatricia HodgePatricia Ann Hodge is an English actor.-Early life:The daughter of the Royal Hotel owner/manager Eric and his wife Marion , Hodge attended Wintringham Girls' Grammar School on Weelsby Avenue in Grimsby and then St...
... Miss Hemmings - Alan Dudley ... Mr. Willow
- Allan WarrenAllan WarrenMichael Allan Warren is an English society-photographer, writer and former actor. His work encompasses works of many celebrities during the late 1960s, 70s and into the 80s, such as members of the British Royal Family, influential politicians and artists in both music and literature as well as...
... Photographer - Diana WestonDiana WestonDiana Weston is an English actress who has been on British television since 1975. She is a grandchild of Charles Basil Price.-Career:...
... Receptionist - Ralph Morse ... Bloomsbury Beau