My Learned Friend (1943)
October 25, 1943Release Date
My Learned Friend (1943)
October 25, 1943Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Will Hay
William Fitch
Claude Hulbert
Claude Babbington
Mervyn Johns
Grimshaw
Laurence Hanray
Sir Norman
Aubrey Mallalieu
Magistrate
Basil Dearden
Director
Charles Victor
'Safety' Wilson
Ernest Thesiger
Ferris
Angus MacPhail
Writer
John Dighton
Writer
Eddie Phillips
'Basher' Blake
Michael Balcon
Producer
Leslie Harcourt
Barman
Ernest Irving
Composer
G.H. Mulcaster
Dr. Scudamore
Wilkie Cooper
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
My Learned Friend is a 1943 British, black-and-white, comedy, farce, directed by Basil Dearden with his regular collaborator, Will Hay, as the film's star in the role of William Fitch. The principal supporting roles were taken by Claude Hulbert and Mervyn Johns . Character roles went to Laurence Hanray as Sir Norman, Charles Victor as "Safety" Wilson, Ernest Thesiger as Ferris and Ronald Shiner as the Man in Wilson's café. It was produced by Michael Balcon, Robert Hamer and Ealing Studios.
The film's title refers to a tradition in British law: when addressing either the court or the judge, a barrister refers to the opposing counsel using the respectful term, "my learned friend".
This was Will Hay's last film; Hay went on to star as "Doctor Muffin" in The Will Hay Programme that aired on the radio in 1944. The humour of My Learned Friend took a darker turn than any of Hay's earlier films.