Spare a Copper
1940
1h 17min
George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
Storyline
George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
Released
December 1940
Runtime
1h 17min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)
Cast
George Formby
George Carter
Dorothy Hyson
Jane Gray
Bernard Lee
Jake
George Merritt
Brewster
John Warwick
Shaw
Bryan Herbert
Williams
Warburton Gamble
Sir Robert
John Turnbull
Inspector Richards
James Woodburn
Macdermott
Eliot Makeham
Fuller
Ellen Pollock
Lady Hardstaff
Charles Carson
Admiral
Aubrey Mallalieu
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Edward Lexy
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Cyril Chamberlain
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Jimmy Godden
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Hal Gordon
Sergeant
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Hiker
Jack Melford
Dame
Beryl Reid
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Johnnie Schofield
Policeman
Bill Shine
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Ronald Shiner
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Jack Vyvyan
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