Crook's Tour

Crook's Tour

81 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Sept. 3, 1940

Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a song record by beautiful singer La Palermo which contains secret instructions of the German Intelligence. Realizing their error, the German spies follow Charters and Caldicott to Istanbul and Budapest, trying to eliminate them and retrieve the record.

Crook's Tour

81 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Sept. 3, 1940

Crook's Tour
Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a song record by beautiful singer La Palermo which contains secret instructions of the German Intelligence. Realizing their error, the German spies follow Charters and Caldicott to Istanbul and Budapest, trying to eliminate them and retrieve the record.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers British National Films, John Baxter Productions
Original title Crook's Tour
Directors John Baxter
Writers Max Kester, John Watt, Barbara K. Emary, Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat

Cast

Basil Radford

as Hawtrey Charters

Naunton Wayne

as Sinclair Caldicott

Greta Gynt

as La Palermo

Noel Hood

as Edith Charters

Charles Oliver

as Sheik

Gordon McLeod

as Rossenger

Bernard Rebel

as Klacken

Cyril Gardiner

as K.7.

Leo de Pokorny

as Hotel Manager

Morris Harvey

as Waiter

Cyril Chamberlain

as American (uncredited)

Finlay Currie

as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)

Peter Gawthorne

as Bit Role (uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos

as Nightclub Manager (uncredited)

Patricia Medina

as Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)

Jack Melford

as Desert Bus Tour Guide (uncredited)

Charles Rolfe

as Manservant at Castle (uncredited)

Bill Shine

as Bit Role (uncredited)