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6.4/10 • 12

1942-08-011h 19m

ComedyWar

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.

Directors
Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Editors
Ray Pitt

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  1. Will Hay

    Will Hay

    William Potts / Muller

  2. Frank Pettingell

    Frank Pettingell

    Professor Hoffman

  3. Julien Mitchell

    Julien Mitchell

    General Von Glotz

  4. Charles Hawtrey

    Charles Hawtrey

    Max

  5. Barry Morse

    Barry Morse

    Kurt

  6. Peter Ustinov

    Peter Ustinov

    Krauss

  7. Peter Croft

    Peter Croft

    Hans

  8. Anne Firth

    Anne Firth

    Lena

  9. Leslie Harcourt

    Leslie Harcourt

    Vogel

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CinemaSerf

Jun 18, 2023

6/10

Will Hay delivers quite well in this wartime pick-me-up of a film. He is discovered to be the spitting image for a Nazi general who happens to be in charge of a prestigious Hitler Youth establishment. As you'd expect, his character "Potts" is the least like a general you can imagine, but soon he has been dispatched as a sort of doppelgänger and is causing the predictable havoc amongst the aspirational young men of the great Arian race. Hay always had solid entertainment skills, good comedy timing and a very expressive face - he easily raises a few chuckles here. Charles Hawtrey is also quite good fun as "Max" and there's even some Peter Ustinov faffing about as "Krauss" in this amiable farce that had a pretty clear propagandist purpose which I suspect would have worked well with audiences in Britain at the time. It's maybe a little long, but it does what it set out to do and as an example of the star's ability to chivvy up the viewers, it's a fair effort.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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