Demobbed (1944 film)
Demobbed | |
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Directed by | John E. Blakeley |
Written by | Story And Scenario: Roney Parsons Anthony Toner Original Story: Julian Cantor Max Zorlini Comedy Sequences devised & arranged by: Arthur Mertz |
Produced by | F.W. Baker John E. Blakeley |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
Edited by | Ted Richards |
Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | Mancunian Films & Butcher's Film Service (co-production) |
Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service (U.K.) |
Release date | 19 June 1944 (U.K.) |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Demobbed is a 1944 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Norman Evans, Nat Jackley, Gus McNaughton and Dan Young.[1] Billed as "a musical comedy burlesque," its plot concerns a group of ex-soldiers who attempt to gain employment after being demobbed from the army.[2]
Cast[]
- Norman Evans - Norman
- Nat Jackley - Nat
- Dan Young - Dan
- Betty Jumel - Betty
- Tony Dalton - Billy Brown
- Jimmy Plant - Graham
- George Merritt - James Bentley
- Fred Kitchen - Black
- Arthur Hambling - Curtis
- Gus McNaughton - Capt. Gregson
- Marianne Lincoln - Marianne
- Anne Firth - Norma Deane
- Neville Mapp - John Bentley
- Webster Booth - Himself
- Anne Ziegler - Herself
- Sydney Bromley - BBC Announcer
- Kay Lewis - Norman Evan's Partner
- Freddie Watts - Landlord of the Red Lion
- Edgar Driver - the Bookie
- Noel Dainton - Police Inspector
- Marjorie Gresley - the Mother
- Angela Glynne - the Child
Critical reception[]
TV Guide called it an "Occasionally okay slapstick comedy."[3]
References[]
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ Reunited, Genes. "Genes Reunited".
- ^ "Demobbed".
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1944 films
- British films
- 1944 comedy films
- Films directed by John E. Blakeley
- British comedy films
- British black-and-white films
- Films scored by Percival Mackey
- Films shot in Greater Manchester
- 1940s British comedy film stubs