Lady Godiva Rides Again

Lady Godiva Rides Again
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Directed by	Frank Launder
Written by	Frank Launder Val Valentine
Produced by	Sidney Gilliat
Starring	Pauline Stroud Dennis Price Diana Dors Stanley Holloway
Cinematography	Wilkie Cooper
Edited by	Thelma Connell
Music by	William Alwyn
Production company	London Films
Distributed by	British Lion Films
Release date	25 October 1951 (1951-10-25)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£117,891 (UK)[1]

Lady Godiva Rides Again (U.S. title: Bikini Baby) is a 1951 British comedy film starring Pauline Stroud, George Cole and Bernadette O'Farrell, with British stars in supporting roles or making cameo appearances. It concerns a small-town English girl who wins a local beauty contest by appearing as Lady Godiva, then decides to pursue a higher profile in a national beauty pageant and as an actress.

The film was released in the United States under its original title in 1953 by Carroll Pictures, then was re-released in the United States as Bikini Baby, to capitalize on the profile of supporting player Diana Dors, who was given star billing with the new title.

It also features Joan Collins in her film debut as an uncredited beauty contestant. Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in England, also appears as an uncredited beauty queen. Ruth, who was four months pregnant at the time, had dyed her hair black and had styled it into a bob. Other young starlets in the film included Diana Russell, Dana Wynter (billed as Dagmar Wynter), Anne Heywood (billed as Violet Pretty), Yvonne Brooks, Simone Silva, Jean Marsh and Pat Marlowe. It also featured Sid James in one of his first film roles. Trevor Howard has an uncredited cameo as a cinema patron.