Davy (film)

Davy
British theatrical poster
Directed byMichael Relph
Written byWilliam Rose
Produced byBasil Dearden
Starring
CinematographyDouglas Slocombe
Edited byPeter Tanner
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 2 January 1958 (1958-01-02)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$458,000
Box office$305,000

Davy is a 1958 British comedy-drama film directed by Michael Relph and starring Harry Secombe, Alexander Knox and Ron Randell. It was written by WIlliam Rose. It was the last comedy to be made by Ealing Studios and was the first British film in Technirama. Davy was intended to launch the solo career of Harry Secombe, who was already a popular British radio personality on The Goon Show, but it was only moderately successful.

Secombe said it "was to be my big chance to score a success in films, something I had longed to do ever since I started in the business. My previous attempts at becoming a film star were pretty poor to put it mildly."