65
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George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
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Audiences 61GoodWatch 66
IMDb6.1
Running time
1 h 17 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −23 min on the typical 100
typical 10077Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1940
December 2, 1940
86 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
and 19 more25 people
- George FormbyGeorge Carter
- Dorothy HysonJane Gray
- Bernard LeeJake
- George MerrittBrewster
- John WarwickShaw
- Bryan HerbertWilliams
- Warburton GambleSir Robert
- John TurnbullInspector Richards
- JWJames WoodburnMacdermott
Eliot MakehamFuller
Ellen PollockLady Hardstaff
Charles CarsonAdmiral
Aubrey MallalieuManager Of Music Store
Edward LexyNight Watchman
Grace ArnoldMusic Shop Customer
Cyril ChamberlainPoliceman
Jimmy GoddenManager
Hal GordonSergeant- LKLaurence KitchinHiker
Jack MelfordDame
Beryl ReidMinor role
Johnnie SchofieldPoliceman
Bill ShineMinor Role
Ronald ShinerPiano Mover
Directing · 1
- John Paddy Carstairs Director
Writing · 3
- Basil Dearden Writer, Associate Producer
- Roger MacDougall Writer
- Austin Melford Writer
Production · 2
- Michael Balcon Producer
- John Croydon Production Manager
Editing · 1
- Ray Pitt Editor
Art · 1
- Wilfred Shingleton Art Direction
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