Hue and Cry (1947)
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- 1h 22min
- Adventure, Comedy
- 10 Oct 1947 (Belgium)
- Movie
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
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Harry Fowler | ... |
Joe Kirby
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Frederick Piper | ... |
Mr. Kirby
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Vida Hope | ... |
Mrs. Kirby
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Heather Delaine | ... |
Dorrie Kirby
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Douglas Barr | ... |
Alec
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Stanley Escane | ... |
Roy
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Ian Dawson | ... |
Norman
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Gerald Fox | ... |
Dicky
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David Simpson | ... |
Arthur
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Albert Hughes | ... |
Wally
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John Hudson | ... |
Stan
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David Knox | ... |
Dusty
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Jeffrey Sirett | ... |
Bill
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James Crabbe | ... |
Terry
(as James Crabb)
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Joan Dowling | ... |
Clarry
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Jack Warner | ... |
Jim Nightingale
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Alastair Sim | ... |
Felix H. Wilkinson
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Valerie White | ... |
Rhona
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Jack Lambert | ... |
Ford
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Paul Demel | ... |
Jago
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Alec Finter | ... |
Det.-Sgt. Fothergill
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Bruce Belfrage | ... |
B.B.C. Announcer
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Grace Arnold | ... |
Dicky's Mother
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Arthur Denton | ... |
Vicar
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Robin Hughes | ... |
Selwyn Pike
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Howard Douglas | ... |
Watchman
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Harry Purvis | ... |
Larry the Bull
(as Henry John Purvis {Anaconda})
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Joey Carr | ... |
Shorty
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Johnny Briggs | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Ray Cooney | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Barry Ford | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Peter Mullins | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Dandy Nichols | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Andrew Sachs | ... |
Schoolboy (uncredited)
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Directed by
Charles Crichton |
Written by
T.E.B. Clarke | ... | (original screenplay) |
Produced by
Michael Balcon | ... | producer |
Henry Cornelius | ... | associate producer |
Music by
Georges Auric |
Cinematography by
Douglas Slocombe | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Charles Hasse |
Editorial Department
Seth Holt | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Norman G. Arnold | ||
Joseph Bato | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Management
Slim Hand | ... | unit manager |
Hal Mason | ... | production supervisor |
Art Department
Tony Rimmington | ... | junior draughtsman (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Stephen Dalby | ... | recordist |
Mary Habberfield | ... | sound editor |
Eric Williams | ... | sound supervisor |
Camera and Electrical Department
Jeff Seaholme | ... | camera operator |
Monty Berman | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Leslie Rowson | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Maurice Selwyn | ... | clapper loader (uncredited) |
Music Department
Ernest Irving | ... | conductor |
Additional Crew
J. Arthur Rank | ... | presenter |
Production Companies
Distributors
- General Film Distributors (GFD) (1947) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as General Film Distributors Ltd.) (released through)
- Eagle Lion Film (1947) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Eagle-Lion Film (1947) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- J.Arthur Rank-Film (1948) (Austria) (theatrical)
- The Rank Organisation Div. Belgium and Luxemburg (1947) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Parvisfilmi (1947) (Finland) (theatrical)
- J. Arthur Rank Film (1949) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Standard Television (1949) (United States) (tv) (as Standard Television Corporation)
- Fine Arts Films (I) (1951) (United States) (theatrical)
- Unity Television (1951) (United States) (tv) (as Unity Television Corp.)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1964) (Finland) (tv)
- 9Gem (2023) (Australia) (tv)
- BBC Two (2016) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- Lumiere Pictures (1994) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (1992) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
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Other Companies
- The Philharmonia Orchestra (music played by)
- RCA (sound system)
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Harry Fowler later married fellow actress Joan Dowling, but sadly she committed suicide in 1954, aged just 26. See more » |
Goofs | When Joe Kirby first looks at the milk-bar shop front (near the beginning, just after asking the man with the open top car if he is Selwyn Pike), the light fitting casts a very long shadow. But in the next shot of the shop, it is lit from a different direction, and the shadow has completely changed in length and position. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Ealing Comedies or Kind Hearts and Overdrafts (1970). See more » |
Soundtracks | Oh For the Wings of A Dove See more » |
Crazy Credits | Opening credits appear in chalk on a brick wall on a bomb site. See more » |
Quotes |
[Joe has pleaded with Wilkinson to write a story to entrap the crooks; Wilkinson will have to stay up all night to write it]
Felix H. Wilkinson: Oh, how I loathe adventurous-minded boys. See more » |