Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Harry Fowler | ... | Joe Kirby | |
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Frederick Piper | ... | Mr. Kirby |
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Vida Hope | ... | Mrs. Kirby |
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Heather Delaine | ... | Dorrie Kirby |
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Douglas Barr | ... | Alec |
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Stanley Escane | ... | Roy |
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Ian Dawson | ... | Norman |
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Gerald Fox | ... | Dicky |
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David Simpson | ... | Arthur |
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Albert Hughes | ... | Wally |
John Hudson | ... | Stan | |
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David Knox | ... | Dusty |
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Jeffrey Sirett | ... | Bill |
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James Crabbe | ... | Terry (as James Crabb) |
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Joan Dowling | ... | Clarry |
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies. Written by Michael Crew <m.crew@bbcnc.org.uk>
I found a copy of this movie in my local (Phoenix, Arizona) used book store. Ah, bliss! The sights of old London, albeit somewhat bomb-damaged, before the developers started to build ugly tower blocks. The movie itself is excellent, with good characterization for the 'kids', although Jack Warner's role as the villain seems a little overblown. Alistair Sim's role as the nervous author of comic books is an excellent vignette, showing his trademark nervous twitchy smile. The final chase and confrontation, at "Ballard's Wharf", reputedly in Wapping, was actually filmed on the opposite side of the river, as can be scene in the long shots, where St. Paul's cathedral can be seen.