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The Goose Steps Out( 1942)

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Overview

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Will Hay

      William Potts / Muller

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      Frank Pettingell

      Professor Hoffman

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      Julien Mitchell

      General Von Glotz

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      Charles Hawtrey

      Max

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      Barry Morse

      Kurt

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      Peter Ustinov

      Krauss

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      Peter Croft

      Hans

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      Anne Firth

      Lena

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      Leslie Harcourt

      Vogel

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      Jeremy Hawk

      A.D.C.

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      Raymond Lovell

      Schmidt

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      Aubrey Mallalieu

      Rector

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      John Williams

      Maj. Bishop

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      Lawrence O'Madden

      Col. Truscott

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      John Boxer

      British Pilot

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      Clifford Buckton

      MI5 Man (uncredited)

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      Arthur Denton

      Detective Carter (uncredited)

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      Leslie Dwyer

      German Soldier on Train

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      Richard George

      German Pilot

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      Walter Gotell

      SS Guard

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      William Hartnell

      German Officer at Station

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      Bryan Herbert

      Airport Official

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      Vincent Holman

      Member of the General Staff

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      Charles Paton

      Passenger Arrested on Train

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      Lloyd Pearson

      Train Passenger

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      Johnnie Schofield

      1st Observer (uncredited)

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      Harry Terry

      SS Guard (uncredited)

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      Jack Vyvyan

      Detective Evans (uncredited)

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      H Victor Weske

      SS Officer on Train (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 18 2023
    Will Hay delivers quite well in this wartime pick-me-up of a film. He is discovered to be the spitting image for a Nazi general who happens to be in charge of a prestigious Hitler Youth establishment. As you'd expect, his character "Potts" is the least like a general you can imagine, but soon he has been dispatched as a sort of doppelgänger and is causing the predictable havoc amongst the aspirational young men of the great Arian race. Hay always had solid entertainment skills, good comedy timing and a very expressive face - he easily raises a few chuckles here. Charles Hawtrey is also quite go...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

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