My Learned Friend (1943)

Film details

Featuring

Will Hay Claude Hulbert Mervyn Johns
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1943
Genres

Comedy Crime
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Farcical adventures of disbarred barrister Will Fitch who is being menaced by Arthur Grimshaw, a deranged forger of fiver pound notes, who, newly out of prison, is aiming to kill off everyone associated with his trial, including his defence lawyer, Fitch. As Grimshaw works through his list, seeking his revenge with visits to a rough Stepney pub, a panto in Bootle, a mental hospital and the Houses of Parliament, Fitch team up with well-meaning, well-off, unemployed lawyer Claude Babbingtonin as he attempts to follow a series of clues and stop the killer.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - William Fitch
    
    Will Hay
  - Claude Babbington
    
    Claude Hulbert
  - Arthur Grimshaw
    
    Mervyn Johns
  - Sir Norman
    
    Lawrence Hanray
  - magistrate
    
    Aubrey Mallalieu
  - 'Safety' Wilson
    
    Charles Victor
  - Gloria
    
    Derna Hazell
  - barman
    
    Leslie Harcourt
  - Charles Edward 'Basher' Blake
    
    Eddie Phillips
  - Dr Scudamore
    
    G.H. Mulcaster
  - Ferris
    
    Ernest Thesiger
  - Colonel Cudleigh
    
    Lloyd Pearson
  - Carstairs, the butler
    
    Gibb McLaughlin
  - Ethel 'Aladdin' Redfern
    
    Maudie Edwards
  - man at Wilson's café
    
    Ronald Shiner (uncredited)
  - stagehand
    
    Ian Wilson (uncredited)
  - cast member
    
    Hy Hazell (uncredited)
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Basil Dearden
  - Directed by
    
    Will Hay
  - ©
    
    Ealing Studios Limited
  - Presents
    
    Ealing Studios Limited
  - Distributed by
    
    Ealing Distribution Ltd.
  - Produced by
    
    Michael Balcon
  - Associate Producer
    
    Robert Hamer (uncredited)
  - Associate Producer
    
    S.C. Balcon
  - Unit Manager
    
    Jack Rix
  - Production Supervisor
    
    John Croydon
  - 1st Assistant Director
    
    Michael McCarthy (uncredited)
  - 2nd Assistant Director
    
    Muriel Cole (uncredited)
  - 3rd Assistant Director
    
    Norman Priggen (uncredited)
  - 3rd Assistant Director
    
    Cyril Pope (uncredited)
  - Continuity
    
    Daphne Heathcote (uncredited)
  - Original Screenplay by
    
    Angus MacPhail
  - Original Screenplay by
    
    John Dighton
  - Cameraman
    
    Cooper, W.
  - Camera Operator
    
    Stan Pavey (uncredited)
  - Stills
    
    Jack Dooley (uncredited)
  - Stills
    
    Bob Penn (uncredited)
  - Special Effects
    
    Roy Kellino
  - Back Projection
    
    Sid Howell (uncredited)
  - Back Projection
    
    Wally Dolbear (uncredited)
  - Supervising Editor
    
    Sidney Cole
  - Editor
    
    Charles Hasse
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Barbara Bennett (uncredited)
  - Art Director
    
    Michael Relph
  - Assistant Art Director
    
    Jim Morahan (uncredited)
  - Draughtsman
    
    Heather Armitage (uncredited)
  - Wardrobe
    
    Marianne
  - Music
    
    Ernest Irving
  - Song 'You Do Things to Me'by
    
    Peter Noble
  - Dances Arranged by
    
    Philip Buchel
  - Sound Supervisor
    
    Eric Williams
  - [Sound] Recordist
    
    Len Page
  - Boom Operator
    
    Bert Minnell (uncredited)
  - Sound System
    
    RCA Sound System
  - Made and Recorded at
    
    Ealing Studios Limiited