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Ask a Policeman(1939)
Status: Released
Date: 1939-04-29
74%
21 Votes
Time: 1h 23m
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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United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Gainsborough Pictures
Movie: Ask a Policeman
Top 10 Billed 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
Cyril Chamberlain
Radio Announcer
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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.
Release Date
1939-04-29
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7.4
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3.7 startsTagline
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