Hue and Cry (1947)

NR02/01/1947Comedy, Crime, Adventure1h 22m
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The Film that Begs to Differ

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Alastair Sim

    Felix H. Wilkinson

  2. Cast 1

    Jack Warner

    Nightingale

  3. Cast 1

    Valerie White

    Rhona

  4. Cast 1

    Jack Lambert

    Ford

  5. Cast 1

    Harry Fowler

    Joe Kirby

  6. Douglas Barr

    Alec

  7. Stanley Escane

    Roy

  8. Ian Dawson

    Norman

  9. Gerald Fox

    Dicky

This is one of the lesser known Ealing comedies and it has something of the Children's Film Foundation output to it too, as the youngsters cotton on to a dastardly plan to use the narrative bubbles in a children's comic to convey messages that unwittingly to the publisher and animator facilitate daring robberies. It's only when the young "Joe" (Harry Fowler) and his mates start to put two and two together, and with the help of "Felix" (Alastair Sim) they start to hone in on the kingpin - safe in the knowledge that he is close amongst them and will not go quietly if he is discovered. The humour...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

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