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Ask a Policeman (1939)

Overview

Comedy

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.

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countrysidebumbling cops
Marcel Varnel

Director

Marcel Varnel

ReleasedApr 29, 1939
Runtime1h 23m
StatusReleased
Gainsborough Pictures

Top Cast

Will Hay

Will Hay

Sergt. Dudfoot

Graham Moffatt

Graham Moffatt

Albert

Moore Marriott

Moore Marriott

Harbottle

Peter Gawthorne

Peter Gawthorne

Chief Constable

Charles Oliver

Charles Oliver

The Squire

Herbert Lomas

Herbert Lomas

Coastguard

Patrick Aherne

Patrick Aherne

Motorist

Cyril Chamberlain

Cyril Chamberlain

Radio Announcer

Desmond Llewelyn

Desmond Llewelyn

Headless Coachman

Brian Worth

Brian Worth

Broadcasting Engineer

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