Ask a Policeman (1939)
The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.
- Date of release
- 1939-04-29
- TMDB
- 7.4 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Marcel Varnel
Casting
- Will Hay — Sergt. Dudfoot
- Graham Moffatt — Albert
- Moore Marriott — Harbottle
- Glennis Lorimer — Emily
- Peter Gawthorne — Chief Constable
- Charles Oliver — The Squire
- Herbert Lomas — Coastguard
- Patrick Aherne — Motorist
- Cyril Chamberlain — Radio Announcer
- Richard Cooper — BBC Commentator
- Noel Dainton — Revenue Officer
- Desmond Llewelyn — Headless Coachman
Interesting facts
Ask a Policeman is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. It was written by Marriott Edgar, Sidney Gilliat, Val Guest and J. O. C. Orton.
Production
The film was produced by Gainsborough Pictures, distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released on 28 August, 1939.
Sidney Gilliat felt there were too many comedy routines in the film.
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