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 ...
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| Will Hay | ... | Professor Davis | |
| John Mills | ... | Bobby Jessop | |
| Basil Sydney | ... | Arthur Costello | |
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Henry Hewitt | ... | Prof. Davys |
| Felix Aylmer | ... | J.B. Crabtree | |
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Owen Reynolds | ... | Harman |
| Frank Cellier | ... | Dr. Innsbach | |
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Joss Ambler | ... | Sir John |
| Frank Allenby | ... | Onslowe | |
| Thora Hird | ... | Joyce | |
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Margaret Halstan | ... | Matron |
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Barbara Valerie | ... | Sister Spooner |
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Leslie Mitchell | ... | B.B.C. Interviewer |
| George Woodbridge | ... | Male Nurse | |
| George Merritt | ... | Station Master | |
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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 as an economics expert seconded to the trade delegation. The professor must find the real economist and expose the agent. Written by Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
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Davis: [Asked to explain international commerce in a radio interview] Ah - well, the chief export from Portugal is - er - port, and the chief export of Brazil is - nuts. Well, now, the economic situation between port and nuts - that is to say between Portugal and Brazil, is that the Brazilians want to drink port with their nuts and the Portuguese want to eat nuts with their port; so the more the export of port from Portuguese ports which the Brazilian ports import - the greater the export of nuts which...See more »
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20 June 1947 (Netherlands) See more »Also Known As:
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Baynards Railway Station, Baynards Park, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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Will Hay was approaching the end of his screen career by 1942, and the quality of his work had suffered after he decided to dispense with the services of Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. While The Black Sheep of Whitehall has its moments, it never reaches the heights of his earlier work. John Mills provides energetic suppport, but he never seemed comfortable in comic roles, and fails to provide the kind of repartee upon which Hay's brand of humour depended.