Dry Rot (film)

Dry Rot
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMaurice Elvey
Written byJohn Chapman (as John Roy Chapman)(from his play)
Produced byJack Clayton
StarringRonald Shiner
Brian Rix
Peggy Mount
Sid James
CinematographyArthur Grant
Edited byGerry Hambling
Music byPeter Akister
Lambert Williamson
Production
company
Distributed byIndependent Film Distributors
Release date
  • 31 October 1956 (1956-10-31)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Dry Rot is a 1956 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey, and starring Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix, Peggy Mount, and Sid James. The screenplay is by John Chapman, adapted from his 1954 Whitehall farce of the same name.

The plot concerns the practice of gambling, which was illegal in the United Kingdom at the time, other than at racecourses.

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