Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1939-04-29) |
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| Screen: | Sidney Gilliat, Marriott Edgar, Val Guest |
| Productions: | Gainsborough Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
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Casts
- 231086: Will Hay - Sergt. Dudfoot
- 120146: Graham Moffatt - Albert
- 120145: Moore Marriott - Harbottle
- 231087: Glennis Lorimer - Emily
- 97217: Peter Gawthorne - Chief Constable
- 95613: Charles Oliver - The Squire
- 231088: Herbert Lomas - Coastguard
Crews
- 231085: Marcel Varnel - Director - Directing
- 231089: Clive Richardson - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 14292: Sidney Gilliat - Story - Writing
- 120122: Marriott Edgar - Screenplay - Writing
- 39853: Val Guest - Screenplay - Writing
- 231090: Alex Vetchinsky - Settings - Art
- 14295: R. E. Dearing - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
John Chard
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When the tide runs low in the smugglers cove... Turnbotham Round has no crime, something that becomes common knowledge after a radio programme is broadcast from the village. Upon hearing this broadcast, the top brass at Scotland Yard send word that if there is no crime there, then ....
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This is possibly my favourite outing for Will Hay, with this time a strong supporting cast to help him along with this daft adventure caper. He is "Sgt. Dudfoot" who along with "Albert" (Graham Moffatt) and "Harbottle" (Moore Marriot) have recently been on the radio from their crime- ....
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