
Film
Spare a Copper
1940 · 1h 17m · Comedy
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- 6.1
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Overview
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.
Cast

George Formby
George Carter

Dorothy Hyson
Jane Gray

Bernard Lee
Jake

George Merritt
Brewster
John Warwick
Shaw

Bryan Herbert
Williams

Warburton Gamble
Sir Robert

John Turnbull
Inspector Richards
James Woodburn
Macdermott

Eliot Makeham
Fuller

Ellen Pollock
Lady Hardstaff

Charles Carson
Admiral

Aubrey Mallalieu
Manager Of Music Store
Edward Lexy
Night Watchman

Grace Arnold
Music Shop Customer

Cyril Chamberlain
Policeman
Crew
- John Paddy CarstairsDirector
- Basil DeardenWriter
- Austin MelfordWriter
- Roger MacDougallWriter
- Michael BalconProducer
- Ray PittEditor
Details
- Release date
- December 2, 1940
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Comedy
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