Don Chicago
Don Chicago | |
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Directed by | Maclean Rogers |
Screenplay by | Austin Melford |
Based on | novel by C. E. Bechhofer Roberts |
Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
Starring | Jackie Hunter Eddie Gray Joyce Heron |
Cinematography | Gerald Gibbs |
Edited by | Grace Garland |
Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | British National Films |
Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Don Chicago is a 1945 British crime comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Jackie Hunter, Joyce Heron and Claud Allister.[1] It is based on the novel by C. E. Bechhofer Roberts.
Plot[]
An aspiring but timid gangster is forced to leave the United States after crossing the wrong people, but upon arriving in Britain he is treated as a dangerous criminal.
Don Chicago steals the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London whilst on a day-trip. He infiltrates the BBC to make various announcements.
Cast[]
- Jackie Hunter as Don Chicago
- Eddie Gray as Police Constable Gray
- Joyce Heron as Kitty Mannering
- Claud Allister as Lord Piccadilly
- Amy Veness as Bowie Knife Bella
- Wylie Watson as Peabody
- Don Stannard as Ken Cressing
- Charles Farrell as Don Dooley
- Finlay Currie as Bugs Mulligan
- Cyril Smith as Flash Kelly
- Ellen Pollock as Lady Vanessa
- Moira Lister as Telephone Operator
- Wally Patch as Sergeant
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
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External links[]
- Don Chicago at IMDb
Categories:
- 1945 films
- English-language films
- British films
- Films directed by Maclean Rogers
- 1945 comedy films
- British crime comedy films
- British black-and-white films
- Films set in London
- Films set in Hampshire
- Films scored by Percival Mackey
- 1940s British comedy film stubs