Fighting Stock is a 1935 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also features Robertson Hare, Lesley Wareing and Herbert Lomas. its plot involves a Brigadier who retires to a country cottage for some quiet fishing, but it soon overtaken by madcap events. The screenplay is by Ben Travers based on his earlier stage play of the same name, and the cast included cast members from Travers's Aldwych Farces.[ BFI.org]
It was filmed at Islington Studios[Wood p.82] with sets by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.
Cast
Critical reception
Sky Movies gave the film three out of five stars, and wrote, "The `Aldwych' comedy trio of Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn and J Robertson Hare in another of their great laughter hits from the Thirties, this one taking the mickey out of the huntin', shootin' and fishin' brigade. Tom Walls also directs, and keeps the fun fast and frantic. Amusing Tom and Jerry-style stuff from some highly polished farceurs."
Bibliography
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Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
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Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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