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6.9/10   109 votes
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Directors:
Basil Dearden
Will Hay
Writers:
John Dighton (writer)
Reg Groves (story)
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Release Date:
August 1942 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
A bumbling teacher (Will Hay) conveniently turns out to be the double of a German general. In the true spirit of wartime propoganda high jinks... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Reference to Casablanca more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Will Hay ... William Potts / Muller
Frank Pettingell ... Professor Hoffman
Julien Mitchell ... General von Glotz
Charles Hawtrey ... Max
Peter Croft ... Hans
Anne Firth ... Lena
Leslie Harcourt ... Vagel
Jeremy Hawk ... A.D.C.
Raymond Lovell ... Schmidt
Aubrey Mallalieu ... Rector
Barry Morse ... Kurt
Lawrence O'Madden ... Col. Truscott

Peter Ustinov ... Krauss
John Williams ... Maj.Bishop
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Additional Details

Runtime:
79 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Ealing Studios more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Barry Morse's film debut. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) (TV) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Reference to Casablanca, 30 June 2008
Author: bernie-81 from North Yorkshire

A great British comedy ...

One of my favourites ...

The great Will Hay ...

Fantastic anti-Nazi propaganda achieved by outrageous satire!!

"Im England you must remember to forget your gas mask!!"

Has anyone spotted what I take to be a the reference to 'Casablanca' in the opening scene/sequence...the airport/plane/fog etc???

Even the plane seems a similar type having twin fins on the tailplane.

I think Casablanca was made a couple of years earlier so if I'm right someone had a very keen eye and respect for that great movie!!

Lovers of art-deco interiors will love the laboratory scenes!

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