Spare a Copper

Spare a Copper

77 mins | Comedy | Dec. 2, 1940

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.

Spare a Copper

77 mins | Comedy | Dec. 2, 1940

Spare a Copper
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)
Original title Spare a Copper
Directors John Paddy Carstairs
Writers Austin Melford, Roger MacDougall, Basil Dearden

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

Warburton Gamble

as Sir Robert

John Turnbull

as Inspector Richards

James Woodburn

as Macdermott

Eliot Makeham

as Fuller

Ellen Pollock

as Lady Hardstaff

Charles Carson

as Admiral

Aubrey Mallalieu

as Manager Of Music Store

Edward Lexy

as Night Watchman

Grace Arnold

as Music Shop Customer

Cyril Chamberlain

as Policeman

Jimmy Godden

as Manager

Hal Gordon

as Sergeant

Laurence Kitchin

as Hiker

Jack Melford

as Dame

Beryl Reid

as Minor role

Johnnie Schofield

as Policeman

Bill Shine

as Minor Role

Ronald Shiner

as Piano Mover

Jack Vyvyan

as Police Sergeant