The Big Splash (1935)
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Directors
Leslie S. Hiscott
Cast
Frank Pettingell
The story
Hartley Bassett, an Englishman who made his fortune in America, returns to his birthplace to gift the town a lavish leisure park. However, on his way to the grand opening, he succumbs to a nervous breakdown, and goes into a nursing home. Seeking someone reliable to look after his country estate, he recruits Bodkin, an unemployed man from Wigan he met on the voyage from America.
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comedy film
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