Comedy ·Crime ·Adventure · United Kingdom · 1947 · 1h 22m

Hue and Cry

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Director
Charles Crichton
Cast
Alastair Sim as Felix H. Wilkinson Jack Warner as Nightingale Valerie White as Rhona Jack Lambert as Ford Harry Fowler as Joe Kirby Douglas Barr as Alec
Crew
Douglas Slocombe — Director of Photography Charles Hasse — Editor T. E. B. Clarke — Screenplay Michael Balcon — Producer
Tagline

The Film that Begs to Differ

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
gang leadergangblack and whiteboysbombed buildinglightheartedcity in ruinsoptimistic
Key Collaborators
Charles Crichton Director Douglas Slocombe Director of Photography Charles Hasse Editor T. E. B. Clarke Screenplay Michael Balcon Producer
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