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Bell-Bottom George - 1944 | 97 mins | Comedy | B&WThe Production TeamDirector: Marcel
Varnel. Producer: Marcel Varnel. Script: Peter Fraser, Edward Dryhurst and John L. Arthur. (from the story by Peter Creswell and Richard Fisher) Cinematography: Basil Emmott and Roy Fogwell. Film Editing: Max Brenner. Art Direction: George Provis. Makeup Department: George Claff. Sound Department: B.C. Sewell and Victor Wilson. Music Direction: Harry Bidgood. |
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The CastGeorge Formby
- George Anne Firth - Pat Reginald Purdell - Birdie Edwards Peter Murray-Hill - Shapley Charles Farrell - Jim Benson Elliot Makeham - Johnson Manning Whiley - Church Hugh Dempster - White Dennis Wyndham - Black Jane Welsh - Rita Peter Gawthorne - Adm. Coltham |
Plot SynopsisWartime comedy flag-waver about a bumbling waiter who masquerades as a sailor. A tired and overlong comedy shot as Formby’s career slipped into decline, not helped here by a weak supporting cast including Anne Firth and Reginald Purdell. An enemy spy ring is attempting to destroy the new Firefly class of submarine hunter during its sea trials. Meanwhile, bumbling waiter George Blake (George Formby), rejected three times by the Navy, finally ‘joins’ the services after being mistaken for a sailor during an air raid. George decides to hide out in the Sea Horse restaurant, but when a dog steals his hat, the bogus sailor walks straight into a Porthampton taxidermy shop that is being used as a front by Nazi spies. George subsequently travels to Broadcasting House in London to appear on the Spick and Span radio show, but on the train home he accidentally encounters the enemy agents. |
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