Let George Do It! (1940)
Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
- Date of release
- 1940-07-12
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music, War
- Director
- Marcel Varnel
Casting
- George Formby — George Hepplewhite
- Phyllis Calvert — Mary Wilson
- Garry Marsh — Mendez
- Romney Brent — Slim Selwyn
- Bernard Lee — Oscar
- Coral Browne — Iris
- Helena Pickard — Oscar's Wife
- Percy Walsh — Schwartz, Spy Chieftain
- Diana Beaumont — Greta, Hotel Receptionist
- Torin Thatcher — U-Boat Commander
- Donald Calthrop — Frederick Strickland
- Hal Gordon — Alf Arbuckle, Dinky Do
Interesting facts
Let George Do It! is a 1940 British black-and-white comedy musical war film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby. It was written by Basil Dearden, John Dighton, Angus MacPhail and Austin Melford. It was produced by Michael Balcon for Associated Talking Pictures and its successor, Ealing Studios, and distributed in the UK by ABFD. This was the first comedy from this studio to deal directly with the Second World War.
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