Nothing Venture

Nothing Venture is a 1948 British comedy family film directed by John Baxter and starring The Artemus Boys, Terry Randall, Patric Curwen and Michael Aldridge.

When rescuing horserider Diana Chaice, whose horse was startled by a gunshot, the Artemus Boys stumble on a plot to steal the plans for a secret ray invented by her father.

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The story is very Boys' Own Paper stuff, and relies on a series of somewhat improbable happenings for its smooth running, but no doubt it will make a big hit with juvenile audiences whose critical faculty is not too strongly developed!

The Artemus Boys give a good account of themselves, and quite outshine, in acting ability, the grown-up members of the cast.

The plot intrigues for a time, but its serial-like finale which follows a day at the races causes it to run to length and destroys much of its early fragrance and jolly spirit of adventure.