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 ...
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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 |
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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 |
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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>
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
February 1947 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Houdt den dief! See more »Filming Locations:
Former bomb-site between Queen Street Place and Cousin Lane, London, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Felix H. Wilkinson: Oh, how I loathe adventurous-minded boys.
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The producer's name, Michael Balcon, appears in the next frame. See more »
(uncredited)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Arranged by Ernest Irving
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Harry Fowler later married fellow actress Joan Dowling, but sadly she committed suicide in 1954, aged just 26. See more »Goofs
When Joe Kirby first looks at the milk bar shop front (near the beginning, just after asking the man with the open top car if he is Selwyn Pike), the light fitting casts a very long shadow. But in the next shot of the shop, it is lit from a different direction, and the shadow has completely changed in length and position. See more »Quotes
[Joe has pleaded with Wilkinson to write a story to entrap the crooks; Wilkinson will have to stay up all night to write it]Felix H. Wilkinson: Oh, how I loathe adventurous-minded boys.
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Crazy Credits
In the opening credits, there appears on the wall a drawing of 'Chad', beside which is written WOT NO PRODUCER ?The producer's name, Michael Balcon, appears in the next frame. See more »
Soundtracks
Oh For the Wings of A Dove(uncredited)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Arranged by Ernest Irving
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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.