No Limit (1935 film)
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Film poster for No Limit
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| Directed by | Monty Banks |
| Produced by | Basil Dean |
| Written by |
Tom Geraghty Fred Thompson Walter Greenwood |
| Starring |
George Formby Florence Desmond Edward Rigby |
| Music by |
Ernest Irving Ord Hamilton |
| Cinematography | Robert Martin |
| Edited by | Jack Kitchin |
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| Distributed by | Associated British |
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80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £30,000 |
No Limit is a 1935 British musical comedy starring George Formby and Florence Desmond. The film, which was directed by Monty Banks, was made on location at the Isle of Man's famous TT motorcycle race. It was the first of eleven films that Formby made with Associated Talking Pictures.
Although Formby had already made two moderately successful films, No Limit was the film that put him on the road to stardom. It is still regarded as one of his best and funniest featuring good songs and numerous stunts.
George Shuttleworth (Formby) is a chimney sweep from Wigan who dreams of winning the Isle of Man TT. Unfortunately, George's attempts to secure a factory ride with the Rainbow Motorcycle Company are unsuccessful and consequently he resorts to entering his own machine the "Shuttleworth Snap", a motorcycle derived from an old Rainbow machine. Whilst running the engine of his machine, George inadvertently knocks the motorcycle off its stand and crashes into the fence of his next door neighbour (Mr Hardache), who goads George about his dream of winning the T.T.
Undeterred, George asks his mother if she could lend him £5 so as he can make his way to the Isle of Man in order to compete at the races. Although unable to give him the £5 directly, George's mother endeavours to take the money from his Grandpa's savings which he keeps concealed in the lining of the settee. With money 'borrowed' from his grandfather, George make his way by train to Liverpool and embarks on the steamer for Douglas.
As he prepares to embark, George's attention is drawn to the arrival of the more famous T.T. competitors -such as Bert Tyldesley- who embarks onto the steamer with the secretary of boss of the Rainbow Motorcycle Company, Florrey Dibney (Florence Desmond). George attempts to be included in a photograph with Tyldesley and another T.T. rider -Norton-, but as they assemble for the photograph, George observes a stray cargo crate heading towards them. In order to save Florrie from being struck by the crate, George pushes her out of the way and consequently knocks her hat over the side of the ship.
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