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.
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Will Hay as Sergt. Dudfoot
Graham Moffatt as Albert
Moore Marriott as Harbottle
Glennis Lorimer as Emily
Peter Gawthorne as Chief Constable
Charles Oliver as The Squire
Herbert Lomas as Coastguard
Patrick Aherne as Motorist
Cyril Chamberlain as Radio Announcer
Noel Dainton as Revenue Officer
Desmond Llewelyn as Headless Coachman
Dave O'Toole as Witness
Brian Worth as Broadcasting Engineer
Val Guest Screenplay
Marriott Edgar Screenplay
Marcel Varnel Director
Clive Richardson Original Music Composer
Alex Vetchinsky Settings
Sidney Gilliat Story
R. E. Dearing Editor
Louis Levy Music Director
Jack Parry Second Unit Director of Photography
Sydney Wiles Sound Recordist
Derick Williams Director of Photography
United Kingdom 29 April 1939
United States 29 August 1939
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