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Ask a Policeman
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Title: Ask a Policeman

Release Date: 29 Apr 1939

Runtime: 1h 23m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Gainsborough Pictures

Production Companies: Gainsborough Pictures

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.4 (21 votes)

Cast

  • Sergt. Dudfoot: Will Hay
  • Albert: Graham Moffatt
  • Harbottle: Moore Marriott
  • Emily: Glennis Lorimer
  • Chief Constable: Peter Gawthorne
  • The Squire: Charles Oliver
  • Coastguard: Herbert Lomas
  • Motorist: Patrick Aherne
  • Radio Announcer: Cyril Chamberlain
  • Revenue Officer: Noel Dainton
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