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The Bells Go Down (DVD)
Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Mervyn Johns, Phillipa Hiatt, Finlay Currie, …
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R298
Discovery Miles 2 980
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Set during the London Blitz of 1940, Tommy Trinder stars as a
kennelman who volunteers for the East End Auxiliary Fire Service.
The volunteers have to work alongside the regular firemen, who
resent the amateurs but who could also not have saved so many lives
without them. This film was made in 1943 with the help of the
National Fire Service and is now seen as a tribute to all the
professionals and volunteers who put their lives at risk saving
others.
Triple bill of comedies starring Will Hay. 'Radio Parade of 1935'
(1934) was one of the first screen outings for Hay. He plays the
Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (NBG) who hides
away in his office unaware that the general feeling about his
programming is that it is too high-brow and the public are not
happy. However, when he discovers this he decides to take action
and promotes Jimmy, his Head of the Complaints Department, to
Programme Director. Jimmy decides that a series of variety
spectaculars are what the public want and sets about hiring the
acts. But obstacles are put in his way and he discovers that the
NBG has its own cluster of wannabe variety stars. In 'The Ghost of
St Michaels' (1941), the outbreak of the Second World War results
in the boys' school of St Michaels relocating to Dubain Castle on
the Isle of Skye. The new schoolmaster (Hay) scoffs at the legends
of a ghostly piper which haunts the castle - until two headmasters
come to a grisly end. Who will become the next victim of the
phantom piper? In 'The Black Sheep of Whitehall' (1942), Hay plays
Professor Davis, the intrepid head of a correspondence college.
Davis gets wind of the fact that a Nazi spy has infiltrated an
economic delegation with the intent of undermining attempts to
reach a trade agreement between Great Britain and certain South
American countries. The effort to expose the dastardly fellow sees
Hay adopt various disguises in a steady onslaught of
mistaken-identity comedy.
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The Captive Heart (Blu-ray disc)
Gordon Jackson, Mervyn Johns, Gladys Henson, Michael Redgrave, Jack Warner, …
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R491
R426
Discovery Miles 4 260
Save R65 (13%)
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WWII drama about a Czech captain who impersonates a dead British
officer, only to be thrown into a German P.O.W. camp reserved for
the English.
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My Learned Friend (DVD)
Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns, Charles Victor, Berna Hazel, …
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R298
Discovery Miles 2 980
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Ships in 15 - 30 working days
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William Fitch (Will Hay, in his last film) is a disbarred barrister
now summoned to court to face charges of sending begging letters.
Falling back on his legal skills, Fitch manages to make mincemeat
of the cross examining lawyer, Claude Bobbington (Claude Hulbert),
and is found not guilty. However, this lucky streak does not last
for long; a madman Fitch helped put in prison years earlier has now
escaped, and is out for revenge. Fitch turns to Claude for help,
but the pair fail to convince the constabulary that there is a real
threat to Fitch's life, and are forced to track down the convict
themselves.
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