The Film that Begs to Differ
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
Directed byCharles Crichton
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- February 1, 1947
Featuring
Cast & crew
Alastair Sim
Felix H. Wilkinson
Jack Warner
Nightingale
Valerie White
Rhona
Jack Lambert
Ford
Harry Fowler
Joe Kirby
Douglas Barr
Alec
Stanley Escane
Roy
Ian Dawson
Norman
Gerald Fox
Dicky
David Simpson
Arthur
- Directed by
- Charles Crichton
- Written by
- T. E. B. Clarke
- Produced by
- Michael Balcon
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