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Directors:
Basil Dearden
Will Hay
Writers:
John Dighton (writer)
Angus MacPhail (writer)
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Release Date:
25 October 1943 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
One of Will Hay's best more (7 total)

Cast

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Will Hay ... William Fitch
Claude Hulbert ... Claude Babbington
Mervyn Johns ... Grimshaw
Laurence Hanray ... Sir Norman
Aubrey Mallalieu ... Magistrate
Charles Victor ... 'Safety' Wilson
Derna Hazell ... Gloria
Leslie Harcourt ... Barman
Eddie Phillips ... 'Basher' Blake
G.H. Mulcaster ... Dr Scudamore
Ernest Thesiger ... Ferris
Lloyd Pearson ... Colonel Chudleigh
Gibb McLaughlin ... Butler
Maudie Edwards ... Aladdin
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Runtime:
74 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L
Filming Locations:
Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK
Company:
Ealing Studios more

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References Safety Last! (1923) more
Soundtrack:
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One of Will Hay's best, 13 December 1998
Author: Doctor J-2 from Bristol, England

This was Will Hay's last film and showed a change of direction in that it was a venture into black comedy. Claude Hulbert makes an excellent comic foil and Mervyn Johns is also suitably sinister as a serial murderer. There is a venture into Harold Lloyd territory with Hay and Hulbert clinging to the clock face of Big Ben. Watch out for Ernest Thesiger in a bit part.

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