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Ask a Policeman

7.419391h 23mUMovieComedy

The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.

DirectorMarcel Varnel
WritersSidney Gilliat·Marriott Edgar

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Cast · Directed by Marcel Varnel

WHWill Hay
Will Hay
Sergt. Dudfoot
GMGraham Moffatt
Graham Moffatt
Albert
MMMoore Marriott
Moore Marriott
Harbottle
GL
Glennis Lorimer
Emily
PGPeter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne
Chief Constable
COCharles Oliver
Charles Oliver
The Squire
HLHerbert Lomas
Herbert Lomas
Coastguard
PAPatrick Aherne
Patrick Aherne
Motorist
CCCyril Chamberlain
Cyril Chamberlain
Radio Announcer
RCRichard Cooper
Richard Cooper
BBC Commentator
ND
Noel Dainton
Revenue Officer
DLDesmond Llewelyn
Desmond Llewelyn
Headless Coachman

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