Joey Boy

Joey Boy (1965)

While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it...

Data de estreia
1965-01-01
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (3)
Duração
1 h 28 min
Géneros
Comédia
Realizador
Frank Launder

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Curiosidades

Joey Boy is a 1965 British comedy war film directed by Frank Launder and starring Harry H. Corbett, Stanley Baxter, Bill Fraser, Percy Herbert, Lance Percival and Reg Varney. It was based on the 1959 novel by Eddie Chapman.

Production

British Lion had been owned by the Conservative government since December 1963. In 1964 the government had it denationalised. Joey Boy was among the films released by British Lion in its first year of independence. By November 1965 it was seeking re-nationalisation.

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