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Ask a Policeman

1939Movie1 h 23 minNR

Comedy
78
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2Rotten Tomatoes–89%
78
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2Rotten Tomatoes–89%

Summary

The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

Skip it if

  • You want dark or edgy material

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  • Warms you up.
  • Makes you laugh.
  • Feels like comfort food.

Not for brutality, scares or big ideas.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Prophecies Rhyme All the TimeRare · in 38 titlesNot a prophecy as such, but Harbottle remembers an old poem about the Headless Horseman which supposedly contains vital information.Instantly Proven Wrongin 736 titlesSgt. Dudfoot is being interviewed about Turnbottom Round's reputation as 'the village with no crime'.All 27 tropes

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