02 December 1940 Comedy 77 mins
George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
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George Formby as George Carter
Dorothy Hyson as Jane Gray
Bernard Lee as Jake
George Merritt as Brewster
John Warwick as Shaw
Bryan Herbert as Williams
Warburton Gamble as Sir Robert
John Turnbull as Inspector Richards
James Woodburn as Macdermott
Eliot Makeham as Fuller
Ellen Pollock as Lady Hardstaff
Charles Carson as Admiral
Aubrey Mallalieu as Manager Of Music Store
Edward Lexy as Night Watchman
Grace Arnold as Music Shop Customer
Cyril Chamberlain as Policeman
Basil Dearden Writer
John Paddy Carstairs Director
Michael Balcon Producer
Basil Dearden Associate Producer
Ray Pitt Editor
Austin Melford Writer
Wilfred Shingleton Art Direction
Roger MacDougall Writer
John Croydon Production Manager
Akta're för polisen Trailer
United Kingdom 02 December 1940
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