23 March 1940 Comedy, Music 85 mins
A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.
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Arthur Askey as Arthur Askey
Richard Murdoch as Stinker Murdoch
Peter Gawthorne as Claude Pilkington
Jack Hylton as Self - Bandleader (uncredited)
Pat Kirkwood as Pat
Moore Marriott as Jasper
Donald Calthrop as Hobday
Wally Patch as Commisssionaire
Bernard Miles as Saboteur (uncredited)
Bruce Trent as Self
Freddy Schweitzer as Self - Accordian Player
C.H. Middleton as Self
Jasmine Bligh as Self
Jonah Barrington as Self
Paul Holt as Self
Richard Coke as (uncredited)
United Kingdom 23 March 1940
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