Storyline
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.
Released
February 1947
Runtime
1h 22min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Ealing Studios
Cast
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)
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