Crook's Tour (1941)

Director:

John Baxter

Writers:

Barbara K. Emary (adaptation)
Max Kester (writer)

Release Date:

24 May 1941 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Caldicott And Charters

Cast

Basil Radford	...	Charters
Naunton Wayne	...	Caldicott
Greta Gynt	...	La Palermo
Abraham Sofaer	...	Ali
Charles Oliver	...	Sheik
Gordon McLeod	...	Rossenger
Bernard Rebel	...	Klacken
Cyril Gardiner	...	K-Seven (as Cyril Gardner)
Morris Harvey	...	Waiter
Noel Hood	...	Edith Charters

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Filming Locations:

Rock Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

British National Films

Movie Connections:

Spin off from The Lady Vanishes (1938)

A Classic that should be on Video

After the Lady Vanishes (1938) Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne reprised

their roles as the cricket mad rather inept upper class Englishmen Charters and Caldicott. They bumble through Europe their stiff accents and manners getting themselves into trouble and rubbing people up the wrong way. They are on a

Railway Station and they stop to show respect to the Ruritanian states national anthem. They stand rigid to all 23 verses which no one else takes any notice of and miss the train. They set out to conquor a mountain and they get covered in muck have all sorts of accidents but eventually the British bulldog comes out and they get there. Turning the corner at the summit they find a road and they follow it until they come to a sign. Getting out the phrase book it is deciphered as Bus Stop and just then it draws up. The road went up the other side of the mountain. Hilarious if only to look at Charters and Caldicott's deadpan

expressions. Charters and Caldicott reprised the roles twice more in the Night Train to Munich which returns to spies and Millions like us a wartime morale

boosting film.