Jack Millett
Jack Hulbert
Jack Millett
Overview
In pre-Second World War England, a leading film star and his wife attempt to recover a secret carburetor stolen by enemy agents. Based on a popular stage musical starring Hulbert and Courtneidge, a husband-and-wife team who had made a series of successful comedy films during the 1930s.
Cast
Kay Millett
Cicely Courtneidge
Kay Millett
Boris Vladimir
Austin Trevor
Boris Vladimir
Sir Jeffrey Arlington
Cecil Parker
Sir Jeffrey Arlington
Winnie
Glynis Johns
Winnie
Carole Markoff
Leonora Corbett
Carole Markoff
Colonel Sheepshanks
H.F. Maltby
Colonel Sheepshanks
George
Anthony Hayes
George
Carl
Charles Oliver
Carl
Miss Stevens
Myrette Morven
Miss Stevens
Reviews
DanDare
In pre Second World War England, film star (Jack Hulbert) is recruited to be a spy. Together with his wife (Cicely Courtneidge) he attempts to recover a secret carburretor stolen by enemy agents. At first his wife suspects that Jack is having an affair with his glamorous co-star as he is behaving suspiciously. Jack eventually reveals he been asked to go undercover. This is a rather heavy handed musical-dance caper. It moves briskly enough with some silliness but is not that funny. Hulbert is amiable enough but Courtneidge overpowers the film by being over the top.
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