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Ask a Policeman (1938)
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Release Date:
6 January 1939 (USA) morePlot:
The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Will Hay was brilliant! moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Will Hay | ... | Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot |
| Graham Moffatt | ... | Constable Albert Brown |
| Moore Marriott | ... | Constable Jeremiah 'Jerry' Harbottle / Mr. Harbottle Sr. |
| Glennis Lorimer | ... | Emily Martin |
| Peter Gawthorne | ... | Chief Constable John Cronshaw |
| Charles Oliver | ... | Squire Montague Pennington |
| Herbert Lomas | ... | The 'Coastguard' |
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83 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (British Acoustic)Certification:
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Constable Jeremiah 'Jerry' Harbottle: [as Harbottle senior] When the tide runs low in the smugglers' cove, / And the 'eadless 'orseman rides above, / He drives along with his wild hallo, / And that's the time when the smugglers go in their little boats to the schooner and bring back the kegs of brandy and rum and put them all in the Devil's Cove below. moreFAQ
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This is another excellent little film from the great Will Hay, the English comic genius that no-one today has ever heard of!
I only saw this because HMV record shop (in the UK) were selling off tons of Will Hay DVDs at £6.99 each - what better chance than to discover anew the great Will Hay. I didn't even think that Will Hay would be available on DVD, yet there are many.
The three-man team of Hay, Marriott, and Moffatt are brilliant as usual, just a bunch of bumbling clowns pretending to themselves that they know what they're doing. Of course, by pure luck, they manage to catch the villains and do themselves credit.
Interesting shots of Brooklands racing circuit in the pre-War years (this circuit remains but has been chopped up in parts).