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Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

★ 8,0 /10 (5 Votes)

1952 EN 82 min

Overview

Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.

Release date

01/07/1952

Votes

5

Popularity

1.0

Genres

Comedy

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

82 min

Eddie Byrne

Eddie Byrne

Dan Dance

Jane Barrett

Sally

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Bill Jordan

Sidney James

Sidney James

Eric Hace

Hermione Baddeley

Hermione Baddeley

Emma Stebbins

Thora Hird

Thora Hird

Alice Crouch

Marianne Stone

Marianne Stone

Mrs Pincer

Raymond Lovell

Raymond Lovell

Sir Digby Montague

Marjorie Rhodes

Marjorie Rhodes

Miss Mouncey

Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan

Peggy Stebbins

Ivor Barnard

Ivor Barnard

Timothy Crouch

Edie Martin

Edie Martin

Mary Wade

Joan Young

Joan Young

Mrs. Round

Sydney Tafler

Sydney Tafler

Joseph Spink

Patrick McAlinney

Rev. Soater

Julian D'Albie

George Burton

Nigel Clarke

Rev. Simpson

Henry B. Longhurst

P.C. Tumball

Peter Jones

Peter Jones

Lionel Batts

Peter Swanwick

Peter Swanwick

Jeremiah Higgins

Thomas Gallagher

Bob Cannon

Freda Bamford

Freda Bamford

Mabel

Ian Carmichael

Ian Carmichael

P.R.O.

Brian Roper

Cyril

Harry Herbert

Tramp

Jack May

Jack May

Man with Ear-trumpet

Toke Townley

Toke Townley

Potman

Tristan Rawson

Dr. Hawkes

Donovan Winter

Hairdresser

Sheila Aza

Manicurist

Julie Milton

Manor House Maid

Michael Edmonds

Freckles

Cora Bennett

P.R.O.'s Secretary

Audrey Noble

Spink's Secretary

Virginia Winter

Virginia Winter

Vicarage Maid

Neil Gemmell

Heckler

Helen Boursnell

P.C. Tumball's Little Girl

Chick Fowles

Fireman (uncredited)

George Spence

Townsman (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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Your most tiresome fly in the ointment will be an Irish rebel. Time, Gentlemen, Please! is now part of a collection of British comedies called the Long Lost Comedy Classics. A collection of films that disappeared off the radar but now having been re-found, have been transfered to DVD courtesy of Hollywood Classics LTD. Others in the collection are The Love Match, Orders Are Orders, Make Me An Offer, John & Julie and Miss Robin Hood. The Prime Minister is due a celebration visit to the idyllic village of Little Hayhoe, where a Utopian state of employment exists on account of the very pro…

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