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| 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 |
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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:
10 October 1947 (Belgium) 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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Runtime:
Sound Mix:
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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Goofs
When the kids are in the tunnels and using their torches, the circle of light from the torches don't match where they are actually pointing them. 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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From director Charles Crichton who made the classic A Fish called Wanda in 1988 is this early effort from 1947, Hue and Cry.
A crime caper focussed on kids who discover a criminal ring that are using a comic strip to send instructions to plan their jobs.
Joe Kirby (Harry Fowler) is a lad who is always in a spot of bother. He is placed by a policeman for a job with a Covent Garden grocer Nightingale (Jack Warner) who listens to his stories of a fur smuggling ring with a filthy laugh.
Felix Wilkinson (Alastair Sim) is the scatty comic strip writer who stories are being manipulated by an insider in the publishers. As the police does not believe Joe's fantastical tale, it is up to him and his gang to take on the crooks.
I must have first watched this film as a teenager. It rather reminded me of those Enid Blyton adventures I used to read as a kid. The post war setting of a bombed out London make the city look like an adventure playground for kids.
It is an enjoyable Ealing comic adventure as the kids take on adult crooks and put themselves in jeopardy. Sim gives an amusing cameo.