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Keep Your Seats, Please

The picture that made Formby box-office fun favourite No. 1
Aug 1, 1936 · 1h 22m
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Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help his girlfriend save her niece from the orphanage. Help seems to be at hand when George is left a fortune by his old auntie, but unfortunately his inheritance is hidden inside a chair which has already been auctioned off! Can George and his chums track down his rightful due before his grasping solicitor (Alastair Sim, in an early film appearance) snatches the lot? It's hard to say, but he still finds time to perform both the title song and the classic 'When I'm Cleaning Windows'.

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CAST

George Formby
George Withers
Florence Desmond
Florrie
Alastair Sim
A. S. Drayton
May Whitty
Aunt Georgina Withers
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Madame Louise
Gus McNaughton
Max
Harry Tate
Auctioneer
Tom Payne
Man from Child Welfare
Directed by Monty Banks

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Associated Talking Pictures (ATP), Associated British Film Distributors Ltd
Country
GB

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