Demobbed (1944 film)
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| Demobbed | |
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| Directed by | John E. Blakeley |
| Written by | Story and scenario: Roney Parsons Anthony Toner original story: Julian Cantor Max Zorlini comedy sequences devised and arranged by: Arthur Mertz |
| Produced by | F.W. Baker John E. Blakeley |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Ted Richards |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | Mancunian Films & Butcher's Film Service (co-production) |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service (U.K.) |
Release date | 19 June 1944 (U.K.) |
Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Demobbed is a 1944 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Norman Evans, Nat Jackley, Gus McNaughton and Dan Young.[1] Billed as "a musical comedy burlesque," its plot concerns a group of ex-soldiers who attempt to gain employment after being demobbed from the army.
Cast[edit]
- Norman Evans - Norman
- Nat Jackley - Nat
- Dan Young - Dan
- Betty Jumel - Betty
- Tony Dalton - Billy Brown
- Jimmy Plant - Graham
- George Merritt - James Bentley
- Fred Kitchen - Black
- Arthur Hambling - Curtis
- Gus McNaughton - Capt. Gregson
- Marianne Lincoln - Marianne
- Anne Firth - Norma Deane
- Neville Mapp - John Bentley
- Webster Booth - Himself
- Anne Ziegler - Herself
- Sydney Bromley - BBC Announcer
- Kay Lewis - Norman Evan's Partner
- Freddie Watts - Landlord of the Red Lion
- Edgar Driver - the Bookie
- Noel Dainton - Police Inspector
- Marjorie Gresley - the Mother
- Angela Glynne - the Child
Critical reception[edit]
TV Guide called it an "Occasionally okay slapstick comedy."[2]
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