Ask a Policeman

NR 7.3
1939 1 hr 23 min Comedy

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.

  • Cast:
    Will Hay , Graham Moffatt , Moore Marriott , Glennis Lorimer , Peter Gawthorne , Charles Oliver , Herbert Lomas

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Reviews

Protraph
1939/08/29

Lack of good storyline.

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BoardChiri
1939/08/30

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

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Glucedee
1939/08/31

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

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InformationRap
1939/09/01

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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