Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window.

Directed by Tony Richardson it starred Scott Antony Judi Dench and Michael Williams. His autobiography says that he was born at his maternal grandparents' farm at Coedcanlas on the estuary of the River Cleddau roughly a mile north-west of Lawrenny. Unlike most he was hospitalized at the age of 12 when a pony fell on him and broke his jaw and nose.

Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis CBE FRSL (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a Britishsteeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre around horse racing in England while also featuring a variety of locations and occupations.