A brave wartime copper (policeman) becomes a hero after he thwarts a plot to destroy a battleship. But then the rest of the police get the idea that he is one of the enemy agents.A brave wartime copper (policeman) becomes a hero after he thwarts a plot to destroy a battleship. But then the rest of the police get the idea that he is one of the enemy agents.A brave wartime copper (policeman) becomes a hero after he thwarts a plot to destroy a battleship. But then the rest of the police get the idea that he is one of the enemy agents.
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Grace Arnold
- Music Shop Customer
- (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Godden
- Manager
- (uncredited)
Hal Gordon
- Sergeant
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe final film of Warburton Gamble.
- GoofsGeorge takes his Flying Squad Test on his motorcycle, having had a scarf with Ether on it placed round his face. In his elated state, he picks up Sir Robert on his handlebars and as he drives round the course, it is obvious that a dummy and a stuntman have been used for Sir Robert.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: Merseyside 1939
- ConnectionsReferenced in Shepperton Babylon (2005)
- SoundtracksUkulele Man
Music and lyrics Roger MacDougall
Accompanied by Harry Bidgood (as Harry Bidgood and His Orchestra)
Performed by George Formby (uncredited)
Featured review
If only the Force was still with us!
This is one of a handful of Formby films I saw when young, thus imparting an even more rosier glow to the proceedings, although I've always enjoyed nearly all of his stuff immensely. It depicts a Britain in which a minority of traitorous saboteurs (presumably in the pay of the Nazis) are out to destroy British industry, or in this case, the British war machine in the battle for supremacy. The thousands of British Nazis of today only want to destroy people, out of racism and love for what lies beyond death, ie nothing at all.
George as a policeman this time gets implicated in the saboteurs plans to blow up a new warship HMS Hercules awaiting final fitting and launch in Liverpool. His mission, with his statuesque girlfriend Dorothy Hyson and with the entire police force chasing him is to find and expose the Quislings and thus clear his name. The leads both had had long careers - George's first film was made in 1916, Dorothy's in 1917. Along the way he gets to sing Ukelele Man (in the music store), On The Beat (at the police ball what happened to all those people?), I Wish I Was Back On The Farm (with his not so clever pigeons, at the theatre), and I'm Shy (at the mill, with organ). Favourite bits: George standing on Ronald Shiner's cameo-appearance head; the fiery motorcycle riding trials for the Flying Squad; the chase leading to the Wall Of Death.
Simple fare maybe, but one of my favourite uplifting Formby's. Not a trace of cynicism, filth or violence, which along with it being in 4:3 b&w is why you hardly ever see it on TV nowadays.
George as a policeman this time gets implicated in the saboteurs plans to blow up a new warship HMS Hercules awaiting final fitting and launch in Liverpool. His mission, with his statuesque girlfriend Dorothy Hyson and with the entire police force chasing him is to find and expose the Quislings and thus clear his name. The leads both had had long careers - George's first film was made in 1916, Dorothy's in 1917. Along the way he gets to sing Ukelele Man (in the music store), On The Beat (at the police ball what happened to all those people?), I Wish I Was Back On The Farm (with his not so clever pigeons, at the theatre), and I'm Shy (at the mill, with organ). Favourite bits: George standing on Ronald Shiner's cameo-appearance head; the fiery motorcycle riding trials for the Flying Squad; the chase leading to the Wall Of Death.
Simple fare maybe, but one of my favourite uplifting Formby's. Not a trace of cynicism, filth or violence, which along with it being in 4:3 b&w is why you hardly ever see it on TV nowadays.
- Spondonman
- Nov 24, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Akta're för polisen
- Filming locations
- Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK(studio: produced at, as A British Picture made at also)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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