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Ask a Policeman

Apr 29, 1939 · 1h 23m
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Comedy

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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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CAST

Will Hay
Sergt. Dudfoot
Graham Moffatt
Albert
Moore Marriott
Harbottle
Glennis Lorimer
Emily
Peter Gawthorne
Chief Constable
Charles Oliver
The Squire
Herbert Lomas
Coastguard
Patrick Aherne
Motorist
Directed by Marcel Varnel

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Gainsborough Pictures
Country
GB

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