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8.4/10   117 votes
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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:
Hay's Finest Hour more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
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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Additional Details

Runtime:
74 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L
Company:
Ealing Studios more

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Movie Connections:
References Safety Last! (1923) more
Soundtrack:
You do things to me more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Hay's Finest Hour, 1 August 2007
10/10
Author: fmrryan from United Kingdom

This is an excellent film in so many ways. I would argue Hay's best film, although it does not have the warmth of the earlier films, which are so much more "cosey". In fact this is quite dark and disturbing, perhaps too much so for some viewers. There are so many gems here, especially Hay's opening verbal sparring with the cynical, weary, seen it all, magistrate: Hay: "Well at least I leave this court without a stain on my character!". Magistrate: "Your Mummy and Daddy in heaven will be the best judge of that!" Comparable scenes ensue in the Coroner's Court, when Hay is astonished to hear an Old Bailey Judge described by a witness (so he mistakenly thinks) as one of the lads of the village. Safety Wilson and his den are marvellous, as is Hulbert throughout. Mervyn Johns is completely unhinged as Grimshaw and the scenes in the lunatic asylum are bizarre and disturbing. This is Hay comedy at its blackest and arguably most effective.

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