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Up for the Cup is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Sydney Howard, Joan Wyndham, Stanley Kirk and Moore Marriott. The screenplay concerns a man who comes to London to watch the FA Cup final.

Up for the Cup
Directed by	Jack Raymond
Written by	Bert Lee Con West R. P. Weston
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Sydney Howard Joan Wyndham Stanley Kirk Moore Marriott
Cinematography	Freddie Young
Production companies	Herbert Wilcox Productions British & Dominions Film Corporation
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date	14 September 1931
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The film was remade in 1950, again directed by Jack Raymond.[1]

Premise

A Yorkshireman comes to London to watch the FA Cup final and loses his money and tickets, leading to a frantic search to recover them.[2]

Cast

• Sydney Howard as John Willie Entwhistle
• Joan Wyndham as Mary Murgatroyd
• Stanley Kirk as Cyril Hardcastle
• Sam Livesey as John Cartwright
• Marie Wright as Mrs Entwhistle
• Moore Marriott as James Hardcastle
• Hal Gordon as Proprietor
• Herbert Woodward as Tom
• Jack Raymond as Railway clerk

Critical reception

TV Guide called it "a pleasant comedy."[3]

References

External links

• Up for the Cup (1931) at IMDB

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