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Ask a Policeman

Ask a Policeman

7,4 /10 (21 Votes)
1939 EN 83 min

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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Release date

29/04/1939

Votes

21

Popularity

0.5

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

83 min

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John Chard

John Chard

2015-09-29

⭐ 10

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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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-11-14

⭐ 7

This is possibly my favourite outing for Will Hay, with this time a strong supporting cast to help him along with this daft adventure caper. He is "Sgt. Dudfoot" who along with "Albert" (Graham Moffatt) and "Harbottle" (Moore Marriot) have recently been on the radio from their crime-free village. They didn't quite think it through, though, as soon they realise that they might well have talked themselves out of a job. Solution? Well let's invent some crimes! That they do with, as you'd expect, comical results. Thing is, some real criminals are taking advantage of these hapless buffoons and smug…

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