20 April 1940 Comedy, Crime 73 mins
Two convicts escape prison and get a job in a bakery. Their attempts to go straight are endangered by a third escaped convict.
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Albert Burdon as Bill Smith
Shaun Glenville as Colonel Pepper
Charles Hawtrey as Nick
Charles Farrell as Spike Nelson
Lorraine Clewes as Mary Smith
Sylvia Coleridge as Mrs. Smith
Harry Terry as Narky
Cyril Chamberlain as Bob
Nat Mills as Mr. Popodopoulos
Oswald Mitchell Director
Fred Karno Writer
Oswald Mitchell Scenario Writer
Con West Screenplay
F.W. Baker Producer
Percival Mackey Music
Geoffrey Faithfull Director of Photography
Cecil H. Williamson Editor
R. Holmes Paul Art Direction
United Kingdom 20 April 1940
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