grand national night is a 1953 british thriller brought to the screen by george minter, produced by phil c. samuel, and based off a play written by campbell and dorothy christie. it was directed by bob mcnaught and starred nigel patrick, moira lister and beatrice campbell (patrick's wife) with support from michael hordern, noel purcell and a cameo role from colin gordon. cinematography was by jack asher. previous to this film version grand national night had been presented as a bbc radio serial as well as the original stage play, which was produced in 1945 and 1946. the cast of the original play was headed by leslie banks as gerald coates