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1. Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
80 min | Comedy
Professor Davis, who teaches at a correspondence school, discovers that a Nazi Agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America. The agent is posing ... See full summary »
Directors: Basil Dearden, Will Hay | Stars: Will Hay, John Mills, Basil Sydney, Henry Hewitt
Votes: 357
2. The Big Blockade (1942)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, War
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Will Hay, Bernard Miles, John Stuart, David Evans
Votes: 239
3. The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley
Votes: 621
4. Where's That Fire? (1939)
73 min | Comedy
A hapless fire crew are given the ultimatum: put out a fire successfully or else be sacked. They fail miserably, and their ancient fire engine is stolen by criminals attempting to steal the crown jewels from the Tower of London.
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Eric Clavering
Votes: 423
5. Ask a Policeman (1939)
Not Rated | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremiah Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---then find themselves involved in the real thing.
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, Glennis Lorimer
Votes: 1,026
6. Old Bones of the River (1938)
90 min | Comedy
In this British comedy, a professor travels up river in Africa to open schools. But his new pupils are not receptive and when the commander of the local base succumbs to malaria, he takes ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Robert Adams
Votes: 271
7. Hey! Hey! U.S.A! (1938)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy
Dr Twist has to pose on a liner as a famous professor and is asked to tutor Bernie, the son of a millionaire. To avoid awkward US immigration questions, Twist enlists the help of a gangster... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Edgar Kennedy, David Burns, Edmon Ryan
Votes: 243
8. Convict 99 (1938)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Googie Withers
Votes: 541
9. Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)
85 min | Comedy
With the help of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster of Buggleskelly. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put Buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of gun runners.
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Sebastian Smith
Votes: 1,847
10. Good Morning, Boys! (1937)
79 min | Comedy
A schoolteacher and his pupils visit Paris where they outwit a gang of crooks.
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Martita Hunt, Peter Gawthorne, Graham Moffatt
Votes: 499
11. Windbag the Sailor (1936)
87 min | Comedy
A bragging sea captain's maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is coerced into commanding an ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Norma Varden
Votes: 432
12. Where There's a Will (1936)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
An incompetent solicitor unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, H.F. Maltby, Norma Varden
Votes: 344
13. Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
Will Hay is a teacher in a prison, who applies for the Headship of Narkover, a public school. This is the first screen appearance of Hay in his (to be ) famous schoolmaster role, in a story... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Will Hay, Gordon Harker, Jimmy Hanley, Davy Burnaby
Votes: 468
14. Dandy Dick (1935)
70 min | Comedy
A church vicar tries to come up with 1,000 pounds to fix the church's crooked steeple. After a variety of schemes fails to raise the required amount of money, he decides to bet what little ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Will Hay, Nancy Burne, Esmond Knight, Davy Burnaby
Votes: 132
15. Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
96 min | Comedy, Musical
The Director General of the NBG is struggling with his staff as the complaints pile up on his programming.The staff put on a show that could turn the tide, if the DG can thwart a villainous agent and deal with his troublesome daughter.
Director: Arthur B. Woods | Stars: Will Hay, Helen Chandler, Clifford Mollison, Davy Burnaby
Votes: 158
16. Those Were the Days (1934)
80 min | Comedy
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play "The Magistrate", in which the son of a stern magistrate visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Will Hay, Iris Hoey, Angela Baddeley, Claud Allister
Votes: 114
17. Boots! Boots! (1934)
80 min | Comedy, Musical
This George Formby film is packed with songs in the inimitable Formby fashion (including the controversial 'Little Ukulele') and guest appearances by his wife Beryl, this is essential viewing for all fans of Formby and British musicals!
Director: Bert Tracy | Stars: George Formby, Beryl Formby, Arthur Kingsley, Tonie Forde
Votes: 128
18. Off the Dole (1935)
89 min | Comedy, Musical
Without a job, a young man is given the opportunity run his ill uncle's private-detective agency. He finds himself mixed up with everything from an unfaithful husband who is a secret nudist... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Mertz | Stars: George Formby, Dan Young, Constance Shotter, Clifford McLaglen
Votes: 86
19. No Limit (1935)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport
George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think. During the trials, the brakes go on ... See full summary »
Director: Monty Banks | Stars: George Formby, Florence Desmond, Howard Douglas, Beatrix Fielden-Kaye
Votes: 328
20. The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, History
A psychiatrist stays in a mansion haunted by prankish ghosts from the Revolutionary War.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Reynolds, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 3,672
21. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Directors: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
Votes: 19,546 | Gross: $4.80M
22. Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige
Votes: 2,400
23. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Clouseau. Once news of his "death" has been announced, Clouseau tries to take advantage of it and goes undercover with Cato to find out who tried to kill him.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon
Votes: 23,237
24. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
After escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk
Votes: 31,976 | Gross: $33.83M
25. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
G | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Inspector Jacques Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell, Herbert Lom
Votes: 29,600 | Gross: $41.83M
26. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Passed | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan
Votes: 23,184
27. City for Conquest (1940)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Sport
Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.
Directors: Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco | Stars: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp
Votes: 2,710
28. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane, Gladys George
Votes: 15,468
29. Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Musical
George Pearson, who works for a underwear firm that is 20 years out of date, invests his own money in a new type of thread. The company are not interested in changes, and he quits. Later ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: George Formby, Peggy Bryan, Elliott Mason, Edward Chapman
Votes: 242
30. Trouble Brewing (1939)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
George has won a lot of money at the races but he's paid with counterfeit money. He sets about tracking down the criminals himself.
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Googie Withers, Gus McNaughton, Garry Marsh
Votes: 281
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