Ask a Policeman (1939)

Name: Ask a Policeman
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1939-04-29

1h 23m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 29, 1939

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 23m

Content Rating
NR

Genres
Comedy Crime

Last updated: 2025-02-20

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Wiki.

Ask a Policeman is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt.

The plot sees Will Hay playing a policeman at the Turnbotham Round police force. The force hasn't arrested anybody in the last ten years five weeks and four days so their Chief Constable arrives to decide whether to keep or disband the force. The characters fabricate crimes in order to look useful. They manufacture some fake smuggling, but then they encounter some real smugglers. The title comes from the popular music hall song "Ask a P'liceman".