Crook's Tour (1941)

Director:

John Baxter

Writers:

Barbara K. Emary (adaptation)
Max Kester (original story)
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Release Date:

24 May 1941 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery

Plot:

Charters and Caldicott, touring in the Near East, are mistaken for German agents and handed in error a gramophone record which contains vital information for Britain's enemies. |

Plot Keywords:

Sabotage | Swimming Pool | Record Player | Camel | Nightclub

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.7.
Morris Harvey	...	Waiter
Noel Hood	...	Edith Charters
Leo de Pokorny	...	Hotel Manager
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cyril Chamberlain	...	American (uncredited)
Finlay Currie	...	Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
Peter Gawthorne	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Andreas Malandrinos	...	Nightclub Manager (uncredited)
Patricia Medina	...	Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
Jack Melford	...	Desert Bus Tour Guide (uncredited)
Charles Rolfe	...	Manservant at Castle (uncredited)
Bill Shine	...	Bit Role (uncredited)

Directed by
John Baxter

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Barbara K. Emary		adaptation
Sidney Gilliat		characters (uncredited)
Max Kester		original story
Frank Launder		characters (uncredited)
John Watt		original story

Produced by
John Baxter	....	producer
John Corfield	....	producer

Original Music by
Kennedy Russell

Cinematography by
James Wilson

Film Editing by
Michael C. Chorlton

Set Decoration by
Duncan Sutherland		(settings)

Production Management
Wallace Orton	....	production manager

Sound Department
Harold V. King	....	sound (as Harold King)

Music Department
Kennedy Russell	....	conductor

Other crew
Lance Comfort	....	technical supervisor

Production Companies

• British National Films
• John Baxter Productions

Distributors

• Anglo-American Film Corporation (1941) (UK) (theatrical)
• Criterion Collection, The (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

UK:U

Filming Locations:

Rock Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

British National Films

Trivia:

This film is featured on the 2-Disc Criterion Collection DVD re-release for The Lady Vanishes (1938).

Quotes:

Charters:It's labeled 'bathroom'
Caldicott:But that's ridiculous! It should be labeled 'Bosporus'.

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.