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Hue and Cry

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.

Alastair Sim profile
Alastair SimFelix H. Wilkinson
Jack Warner profile
Jack WarnerNightingale
Valerie White profile
Valerie WhiteRhona
Jack Lambert profile
Jack LambertFord
Harry Fowler profile
Harry FowlerJoe Kirby
Joan Dowling profile
Joan DowlingClarry
Frederick Piper profile
Frederick PiperMr. Kirby
Vida Hope profile
Vida HopeMrs. Kirby
Bruce Belfrage profile
Bruce BelfrageB.B.C. Announcer
Grace Arnold profile
Grace ArnoldDicky’s Mother
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Release
01/02/1947
Rating
⭐ 6.4/10
Runtime
82 min
Status
Released
Genres
ComedyCrimeAdventure
Languages
English
Production
Ealing Studios
Links
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Geronimo19672022-11-10T10:27:59.543Z
7/10

This is one of the lesser known Ealing comedies and it has something of the Children's Film Foundation output to it too, as the youngsters cotton on to a dastardly plan to use the narrative bubbles in a children's comic to convey messages that unwittingly to the publish...

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