Comedy · United Kingdom · 1940 · 1h 17m

Spare a Copper

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Director
John Paddy Carstairs
Cast
George Formby as George Carter Dorothy Hyson as Jane Gray Bernard Lee as Jake George Merritt as Brewster John Warwick as Shaw Bryan Herbert as Williams
Crew
Ray Pitt — Editor Basil Dearden — Writer Austin Melford — Writer Roger MacDougall — Writer Michael Balcon — Producer
Synopsis

George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.

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John Paddy Carstairs Director Ray Pitt Editor Basil Dearden Writer Austin Melford Writer Roger MacDougall Writer Michael Balcon Producer
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