Spare a Copper (1940)
December 2, 1940Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
![George Formby](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/62676-george-formby.webp)
George Formby
George Carter
![Dorothy Hyson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/238037-dorothy-hyson.webp)
Dorothy Hyson
Jane Gray
![Bernard Lee](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2822-bernard-lee.webp)
Bernard Lee
Jake
![George Merritt](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8325-george-merritt.webp)
George Merritt
Brewster
![John Warwick](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/267330-john-warwick.webp)
John Warwick
Shaw
![Bryan Herbert](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/168575-bryan-herbert.webp)
Bryan Herbert
Williams
![Warburton Gamble](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/195616-warburton-gamble.webp)
Warburton Gamble
Sir Robert
![John Turnbull](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/57635-john-turnbull.webp)
John Turnbull
Inspector Richards
![James Woodburn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James Woodburn
Macdermott
![Eliot Makeham](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25894-eliot-makeham.webp)
Eliot Makeham
Fuller
![Ellen Pollock](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/200585-ellen-pollock.webp)
Ellen Pollock
Lady Hardstaff
![Charles Carson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10966-charles-carson.webp)
Charles Carson
Admiral
![Aubrey Mallalieu](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/81554-aubrey-mallalieu.webp)
Aubrey Mallalieu
Manager Of Music Store
![Edward Lexy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Edward Lexy
Night Watchman
![Grace Arnold](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/235994-grace-arnold.webp)
Grace Arnold
Music Shop Customer
![Cyril Chamberlain](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/17611-cyril-chamberlain.webp)
Cyril Chamberlain
Policeman
![Jimmy Godden](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/289562-jimmy-godden.webp)
Jimmy Godden
Manager
![Hal Gordon](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/88347-hal-gordon.webp)
Hal Gordon
Sergeant
![Laurence Kitchin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Laurence Kitchin
Hiker
![Jack Melford](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/216915-jack-melford.webp)
Jack Melford
Dame
![Beryl Reid](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/5776-beryl-reid.webp)
Beryl Reid
Minor role
![Johnnie Schofield](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/284698-johnnie-schofield.webp)
Johnnie Schofield
Policeman
![Bill Shine](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/168440-bill-shine.webp)
Bill Shine
Minor Role
![Ronald Shiner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/59970-ronald-shiner.webp)
Ronald Shiner
Piano Mover
Details.
Wiki.
Spare a Copper is a 1940 British black-and-white musical comedy war film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring George Formby, Dorothy Hyson and Bernard Lee. It was produced by Associated Talking Pictures. It is also known as Call a Cop. The film features the songs, "I'm the Ukulele Man", "On the Beat", "I Wish I Was Back on the Farm" and "I'm Shy". Beryl Reid makes her film debut in an uncredited role, while Ronald Shiner appears similarly uncredited, in the role of the Piano Mover and Tuner.
Working on the film as associate producer and writer, this production was an early assignment for director Basil Dearden: "it was relatively easy to fit the Formby films into the new demands thrown up by the war: whereas George had typically had to overcome rogues and villains in his 1930s films, these were now simply replaced by spies and saboteurs".
The film title is a pun, using the colloquial term "copper" meaning a policeman, with the longer phrase "spare a copper" used by beggars - meaning can you spare a penny (which I might have).
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