| Gasbags | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Walter Forde Marcel Varnel |
| Produced by | Edward Black |
| Written by | Marriott Edgar (writer) Val Guest (writer) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Arthur Crabtree |
| Edited by | R.E. Dearing |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date | 1 February 1941 |
Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
Gasbags is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and Marcel Varnel and starring The Crazy Gang.[1] The film was a morale-booster in the early part of the war.[2]
Plot summary
The film brims with British comedy talent of the period. The Crazy Gang's mobile fish and chip shop is tethered to a barrage balloon which lifts the shop into the air and the gang is carried to Nazi Germany. They are captured but break out of prison, impersonate Adolf Hitler and return to England in a stolen secret weapon.
Cast
- Bud Flanagan as Bud
- Chesney Allen as Ches
- Jimmy Nervo as Cecil
- Teddy Knox as Knoxy
- Charlie Naughton as Charlie
- Jimmy Gold as Goldy
- Moore Marriott as Jerry Jenkins
- Wally Patch as Sergeant-Major
- Peter Gawthorne as Commanding Officer
- Frederick Valk as Sturmfuehrer
- Eric Clavering as Scharffuehrer
- Anthony Eustrel as Gestapo Officer
- Carl Jaffe as Gestapo Chief
- Manning Whiley as Colonel
- Torin Thatcher as SS Man
- Irene Handl as Wife
- Leonard Sharp as Chip Shop customer
- Theodore Zichy as 2nd in Command (uncredited)
Critical reception
TV Guide called it "An exhilarating comedy";[3] while the Radio Times called it "the best film ever made by the Crazy Gang...Director Marcel Varnel has just the right surreal touch to make it work and leave audiences laughing."[2]
Soundtrack
- Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen - "Yesterday's Dreams" (Written by Michael Carr and Dorothy Day)
References
- ^ "Gasbags (1941)".
- ^ a b "Gasbags – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.
- ^ "Gasbags - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
External links
- Gasbags at IMDb