Cheer the Brave

Cheer the Brave is a 1951 British second feature ('B')^[1] comedy film directed and written by Kenneth Hume and starring Elsie Randolph, Jack McNaughton and Geoffrey Keen.^[2] It was made at Southall Studios.

Cheer the Brave
Opening titles
Directed by	Kenneth Hume
Written by	Kenneth Hume
Produced by	John Sutro David Webster
Starring	Elsie Randolph Jack McNaughton Geoffrey Keen
Production company	SWH-Piccadilly
Distributed by	Apex Film Distributors
Release date	August 1951 (1951-08)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

A mild-mannered man gets married, but soon finds his new wife to be a domineering tyrant. After discovering her previous husband is not really dead, he manages to escape from her clutches.

Cast

• Elsie Randolph as Doris Wilson
• Jack McNaughton as Bill Potter
• Geoffrey Keen as Wilson
• Marie Ault as mother-in-law
• Vida Hope
• Mavis Villiers
• Eileen Way
• Gordon Mulholland
• Sam Kydd
• Rose Howlett
• Helen Goss
• Michael Ward
• John Bull
• Elizabeth Saunders
• Jennifer Duncan
• Molly Weir

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "The picture fails to cover new ground, but the familiar domestic gags, confidently put over by the co-stars and Marie Ault, cast as the tippling mother-in-law, still manage to click. The "twist" ending is no surprise, but it also registers. The one snag is the footage, the frolic is a little on the long side."^[3]

In The British 'B' Movie, Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane call the film a "dim tale".^[1]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Competent comedy."^[4]