The Goose Steps Out (1942)
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.
- Date of release
- 1942-08-01
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Director
- Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Casting
- Will Hay — William Potts / Muller
- Frank Pettingell — Professor Hoffman
- Julien Mitchell — General Von Glotz
- Charles Hawtrey — Max
- Barry Morse — Kurt
- Peter Ustinov — Krauss
- Peter Croft — Hans
- Anne Firth — Lena
- Leslie Harcourt — Vogel
- Jeremy Hawk — A.D.C.
- Raymond Lovell — Schmidt
- Aubrey Mallalieu — Rector
Interesting facts
The Goose Steps Out is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Will Hay and Basil Dearden, and starring Hay, Frank Pettingell, Julien Mitchell, Charley Hawtrey and Peter Ustinov. It is a comedy of mistaken identity, with Hay acting as a German spy and also an Englishman who is his double. It was Ustinov's film debut.
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