"The Film that Begs to Differ" 01 February 1947 Adventure, Comedy, Crime 82 mins
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
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Alastair Sim as Felix H. Wilkinson
Jack Warner as Nightingale
Valerie White as Rhona
Jack Lambert as Ford
Harry Fowler as Joe Kirby
Douglas Barr as Alec
Stanley Escane as Roy
Gerald Fox as Dicky
David Knox as Dusty
James Crabbe as Terry
Joan Dowling as Clarry
Frederick Piper as Mr. Kirby
Vida Hope as Mrs. Kirby
Paul Demel as Jago
Alec Finter as Det.-Sgt. Fothergill
Bruce Belfrage as B.B.C. Announcer
T. E. B. Clarke Screenplay
Charles Crichton Director
Michael Balcon Producer
Douglas Slocombe Director of Photography
Ernest Irving Conductor
Jeff Seaholme Camera Operator
Stephen Dalby Sound Recordist
Georges Auric Music
Norman G. Arnold Art Direction
Hal Mason Production Supervisor
Slim Hand Unit Manager
J. Arthur Rank Presenter
Eric Williams Sound Supervisor
Joseph Bato Art Direction
Charles Hasse Editor
Tony Rimmington Draughtsman
Hue & Cry Trailer
United Kingdom 29 June 2015
United States 03 February 2009
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