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Ask a Policeman( 1939)

TV-MAComedy
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Overview

The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.

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      Will Hay

      Sergt. Dudfoot

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      Graham Moffatt

      Albert

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      Moore Marriott

      Harbottle

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      Glennis Lorimer

      Emily

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      Peter Gawthorne

      Chief Constable

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      Charles Oliver

      The Squire

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      Herbert Lomas

      Coastguard

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      Patrick Aherne

      Motorist

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      Cyril Chamberlain

      Radio Announcer

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      Noel Dainton

      Revenue Officer

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      Desmond Llewelyn

      Headless Coachman

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      Dave O'Toole

      Witness

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      Brian Worth

      Broadcasting Engineer

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    A review by John Chard

    10
    Written by John Chard on Tue Sep 29 2015
    When the tide runs low in the smugglers cove... Turnbotham Round has no crime, something that becomes common knowledge after a radio programme is broadcast from the village. Upon hearing this broadcast, the top brass at Scotland Yard send word that if there is no crime there, then why employ policemen to police the village? Realising that their good lives are about to come to an end, inept coppers Dudfoot (Will Hay), Brown (Graham Moffatt) and Harbottle (Moore Marriott) set about making some arrests. What they hadn't bargained for was the uncovering of a smuggling ring and the unleashing of ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • countryside
    • bumbling cops