Splendid Fellows (1934)
1h 25m
Running Time
May 2, 1934Release Date
Plot.
The Hon. Montmoroncy Ralston (Frank Leighton) is a monocled Englishman of the old school, with valet and plus fours, who sails for Australia after an argument with his father. In a Sydney two-up school, he makes friends with Jim McBride (Frank Bradley), a dinkum grazier, who invites Monty out to his station, where he meets the Reverend Stanhope (Eric Colman), a "flying padre" who uses a plane to tour his parish. Monty persuades his father to buy a new plane and enters it in the Centenary Air Race from London to Melbourne. But as he gets into the racing, Monty hears that Stanhope's old plane has crashed in remote country, and he gives up the race to fly to his rescue.
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Cast & Crew.
Frank Leighton
The Hon. Hurbert Montmorency
Leo Franklyn
Thompson
Frank Bradley
Jim McBride
Isabelle Mahon
Eileen McBride
Eric Colman
Reverend Arthur Stanhope
Peggy Ross
Mrs. McBride
Beaumont Smith
Director
Kenneth Brampton
Writer
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Splendid Fellows is a 1934 Australian film from director Beaumont Smith about an Englishman (Frank Leighton) who comes to Australia. The cast includes Eric Colman, brother of Ronald Colman, and Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, who has a cameo as himself. It was Smith's last film.