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5.9/10   55 votes
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Marriott Edgar (writer)
Val Guest (writer)
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Release Date:
10 February 1947 (Sweden) more
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Spy
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Cast

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Arthur Askey ... Arthur Pilbeam
Moore Marriott ... Jerry
Graham Moffatt ... Albert Brown
Googie Withers ... Bobbie
Vera Frances ... Jane
Joyce Howard ... Betty
John Salew ... Steve Mason
George Merritt ... Uncle
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Aubrey Mallalieu ... West
D.J. Williams ... McIntyre
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UK:82 min
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7 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Doin' the Lambeff Tork, 5 August 2006
7/10
Author: Gary170459 from Derby, UK

This was Arthur Askey's fifth film (and sans Stinker), and in my opinion his last really good one - three flag wavers and many nothing's followed. It's also one of my favourite British WW2 comedy efforts, a jolly time-passing Hun-beater.

At the BBC Arthur is responsible for transmitting on the hour every hour The Wireless Pips - wonder how many people believed it - but not surprisingly it wreaks havoc with his social life. Big, now a confirmed misogynist is posted to a lonely Scottish lighthouse where there are no women ... when he arrives. Never mind the photo of the topless woman, there's soon Googie and a gaggle of leggy and laughing lovelies for him to try and ignore too. With a plethora of spooky disappearances he's up against Jerry (and "Quislings") but doesn't know it until near the end - the audience would've guessed from the beginning they'd make a show. A refreshing extra dimension was added with Vera Francis, the "13 year old from Lambeff" - her world-weary and cynical comments still sound fresh and amusing even at this distance. Arthur and Vera made a good team, this one's worth watching just to see them spark.

A pleasant outing for all concerned, sad to think it was all downhill afterwards.

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