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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
Musical comedy starring George Formby alongside his wife Beryl in his first ever feature film. George plays John Willie, the shoeshine boy at the upmarket Crestonian Hotel.
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Audiences 49GoodWatch 52
IMDb4.9
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −20 min on the typical 100
typical 10080Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 22 more
Released
1934
July 30, 1934
92 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
Directing · 1
- Bert Tracy Director
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