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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.
Keywords
gang leader
gang
boys
action adventure
bombed building
lighthearted
city in ruins
optimistic
Casts
Alastair Sim
Felix H. Wilkinson
Jack Warner
Nightingale
Valerie White
Rhona
Jack Lambert
Ford
Harry Fowler
Joe Kirby
Douglas Barr
Alec
Stanley Escane
Roy
Ian Dawson
Norman
Gerald Fox
Dicky
David Simpson
Arthur
Albert Hughes
Wally
John Hudson
Stan
David Knox
Dusty
Jeffrey Sirett
Bill
James Crabbe
Terry
Joan Dowling
Clarry
Frederick Piper
Mr. Kirby
Vida Hope
Mrs. Kirby
Heather Delaine
Dorrie Kirby
Paul Demel
Jago
Alec Finter
Det.-Sgt. Fothergill
Bruce Belfrage
B.B.C. Announcer
Grace Arnold
Dicky’s Mother
Arthur Denton
Vicar
Robin Hughes
Selwyn Pike
Howard Douglas
Watchman
Harry Purvis
Larry the Bull
Joey Carr
Shorty
Peter Mullins
Boy (uncredited)
Andrew Sachs
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Congregation Member (uncredited)
Crews
T. E. B. Clarke
Screenplay
Charles Crichton
Director
Michael Balcon
Producer
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
Ernest Irving
Conductor
Jeff Seaholme
Camera Operator
Stephen Dalby
Sound Recordist
Georges Auric
Music
Norman G. Arnold
Art Direction
Hal Mason
Production Supervisor
Slim Hand
Unit Manager
J. Arthur Rank
Presenter
Eric Williams
Sound Supervisor
Joseph Bato
Art Direction
Charles Hasse
Editor
Tony Rimmington
Draughtsman
Monty Berman
Camera Operator
Henry Cornelius
Associate Producer
Maurice Selwyn
Clapper Loader
Leslie Rowson
Camera Operator
Seth Holt
Assistant Editor
Mary Habberfield
Sound Editor
Backdrops & Posters
