The Gang's All Here (1939 film)

The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here
	Spanish poster
Directed by	Thornton Freeland
Written by	Ralph Spence
Produced by	John W. Gossage; Walter C. Mycroft;
Starring	Jack Buchanan
Cinematography	Claude Friese-Greene
Edited by	Edward B. Jarvis
Music by	Harry Acres (uncredited)
Production; company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors (UK); PRC (US);
Release date	4 March 1939 (London UK);
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Gang's All Here is a 1939 British, black-and-white, comedy-mystery, directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Jack Buchanan.^[1] It was produced by Associated British Picture Corporation.^[2] Subsequently, the film was released in the U.S. in 1943 with the title The Amazing Mr. Forrest.^[3]

Synopsis[]

The dapper musical comedy favorite, Jack Buchanan is practically the whole show in The Gang's All Here. Buchanan plays John Forrest, a top investigator for the Stamford Insurance Company. Retiring from the firm, Forrest intends to devote the rest of his life to writing detective fiction, but this plan goes out the window when his former employers are robbed of $1,000,000 in jewels belonging to foreign potentate Prince Homouska (Walter Rilla). With the help of his befuddled butler Treadwell (Edward Everett Horton), Forrest follows the trail of clues to American gangster boss Alberni (Jack La Rue), capturing his quarry with a variety of slapstick subterfuges.^[4]

Cast[]

Jack Buchanan as John Forrest
Googie Withers as Alice Forrest
Edward Everett Horton as Treadwell
Syd Walker as Younce
Otto Kruger as Mike Chadwick
Jack La Rue as Alberni
Walter Rilla as Prince Homouska
David Burns as Beretti
Charles Carson as Charles Cartwright
Leslie Perrins as Harper
Ronald Shiner as Spider Ferris

Critical reception[]

TV Guide wrote, "supposed comedy about the breakup of a group of jewel thieves falls flat. But no amount of dreary material can conceal the undeniable comic genius of Horton";^[5] while Allmovie noted, "The Gang's All Here remains one of Jack Buchanan's best-loved vehicles."^[4]

References[]

^ malcolmgsw (29 March 1944). "The Amazing Mr. Forrest (1939)". IMDb.
^ "The Gang's All Here (1939) - BFI". BFI.
^ "Ronald Shiner - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ ^a ^b Hal Erickson. "The Gang's All Here (1939) - Thornton Freeland - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ "The Amazing Mr. Forrest". TVGuide.com.

External links[]

The Gang's All Here at AllMovie
The Gang's All Here at the British Film Institute
The Gang's All Here at IMDb
1944 review of film at Variety

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[1] sw (29 March 1944). "The Amazing Mr. Forrest (1939)". IMDb.

[2] "The Gang's All Here (1939) - BFI". BFI.

[3] "Ronald Shiner - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.

[allmovie-4] Hal Erickson. "The Gang's All Here (1939) - Thornton Freeland - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.

[5] "The Amazing Mr. Forrest". TVGuide.com.

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