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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 64GoodWatch 61
IMDb6.4
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
1939
September 30, 1939
87 years ago
Genres
ComedyMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
12 of 12
Gracie FieldsSally Fitzgerald
Sydney HowardMajor Fitzgerald
Morton SeltenLord Alfred Randall
Norma VardenLady Patricia Randall
Oliver WakefieldForsyth- TMTucker McGuireLinda Marsh
MacDonald ParkeDiggs
Richard CooperSir John Treacher
Frank AtkinsonJenkins- NDNoel DaintonReceptionist at Argyle Club
A. Bromley DavenportStaplefield
Hay PetrieHector Peter
Directing · 1
- Monty Banks Director
Writing · 5
- Karl Tunberg Writer
- Don Ettlinger Writer
- Thomas J. Geraghty Story
- Gracie Fields Story
- Val Valentine Story
Production · 1
- Robert Kane Producer
Camera · 1
- Otto Kanturek Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- R. E. Dearing Editor
- Alfred Roome Editorial Production Assistant
Sound · 1
- Louis Levy Music
Art · 1
- Alex Vetchinsky Settings
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