Hue and Cry

Hue and Cry
1947ComedyCrimeAdventure82 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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.

  • Charles Crichton

    Director

  • T. E. B. Clarke

    Screenplay

  • Douglas Slocombe

    Director of Photography

  • Charles Hasse

    Editor

  • 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

  • Albert Hughes

    Wally

  • John Hudson

    Stan

  • David Knox

    Dusty

  • Jeffrey Sirett

    Bill

  • James Crabbe

    Terry

  • Joan Dowling

    Clarry

  • Frederick Piper

    Mr. Kirby

  • Vida Hope

    Mrs. Kirby

  • Heather Delaine

    Dorrie Kirby

  • Paul Demel

    Jago

  • Alec Finter

    Det.-Sgt. Fothergill

  • Bruce Belfrage

    B.B.C. Announcer

  • Grace Arnold

    Dicky’s Mother

  • Arthur Denton

    Vicar

  • Robin Hughes

    Selwyn Pike

  • Howard Douglas

    Watchman

  • Harry Purvis

    Larry the Bull

  • Joey Carr

    Shorty

  • Peter Mullins

    Boy (uncredited)

  • Andrew Sachs

    Schoolboy (uncredited)

  • Fred Wood

    Congregation Member (uncredited)

  • The Martin Scorsese British Film Clubby pierre

    • Runtime

    82 minutes

    Released

    1947-02-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Ealing Studios

    Sound

  • Georges Auric

    Music

    • Updated

    40 days ago

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