He Snoops to Conquer (1944)
George Gribble is tea-boy at Tangleton town council, he gets ravelled up in the councillors money-grubbing machinations concerning compiling and then cooking the results of a government sponsored housing survey.
- Date of release
- 1944-12-12
- TMDB
- 8.1 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Marcel Varnel
Casting
- George Formby — George Gribble
- Robertson Hare — Sir Timothy Strawbridge
- Elizabeth Allan — Jane Strawbridge
- Claude Bailey — Councillor Oxbold
- James Harcourt — Councillor Hopkins
- Aubrey Mallalieu — Councillor Stubbins
- Gordon McLeod — Angus McGluee
- Vincent Holman — Butler
- William Rodwell — Councillor Filbert
- Richard Harrison
Interesting facts
He Snoops to Conquer is a 1944 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel starring George Formby, Robertson Hare, Elizabeth Allan and Claude Bailey. It was written by Stephen Black, Norman Lee, Howard Irving Young and Langford Reed. Its plot involves an odd job man who becomes mixed up in corruption in politics and town planning. Its title is a pun on the theatre comedy She Stoops to Conquer.
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