Comedy ·War · United Kingdom · 1942 · 1h 19m

The Goose Steps Out

Director

Cast

Will Hay as William Potts / Muller Frank Pettingell as Professor Hoffman Julien Mitchell as General Von Glotz Charles Hawtrey as Max Barry Morse as Kurt Peter Ustinov as Krauss

Crew

Ernest Palmer — Director of Photography Ray Pitt — Editor Angus MacPhail — Screenplay John Dighton — Screenplay Michael Balcon — Producer

Synopsis

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.

Mood & Themes

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Key Collaborators

Basil Dearden Director Will Hay Director Ernest Palmer Director of Photography Ray Pitt Editor Angus MacPhail Screenplay John Dighton Screenplay Michael Balcon Producer

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