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Director: Will Hay, Basil Dearden
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From Time Out Film Guide
The traditional Hay formula - his seedy correspondence course lecturer is mistaken for an economics expert kidnapped by spies, allowing him to indulge in much pretence and buffoonery, and to end up in a manic chase - is inserted into a predictably patriotic plot about plucky little Brits outwitting the Nazi villains. Funny in parts.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Will Hay, Basil Dearden
Producer: Michael Balcon
Cast: Will Hay, John Mills, Basil Sydney, Felix Aylmer, Henry Hewitt, Thora Hird full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 80 mins
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