My Learned Friend
Year:
1943
Production Country:
Great Britain
Farce of a barrister who unsuccessfully defended a forger trying to avoid the released prisoner who is trying to kill everyone associated with the trial.
Cast & credits
Cast
- William Fitch Will Hay
- Claude Babbington Claude Hulbert
- Arthur Grimshaw Mervyn Johns
- Sir Norman Lawrence Hanray
- magistrate Aubrey Mallalieu
- 'Safety' Wilson Charles Victor
- Gloria Derna Hazell
- barman Leslie Harcourt
- Charles Edward 'Basher' Blake Eddie Phillips
- Dr Scudamore G.H. Mulcaster
- Ferris Ernest Thesiger
- Colonel Cudleigh Lloyd Pearson
- Carstairs, the butler Gibb McLaughlin
- Ethel 'Aladdin' Redfern Maudie Edwards
- [man at Wilson's café] Ronald Shiner
- [stagehand] Ian Wilson
- [.] Hy Hazell
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Basil Dearden
- Directed by Will Hay
- [Assistant Director] Michael McCarthy
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] Muriel Cole
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Norman Priggen
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Cyril Pope
- [Continuity] Daphne Heathcote
Production
- Production Company Ealing Studios
- Produced by Michael Balcon
- [Associate Producer] Robert Hamer
- [Associate Producer] S.C. Balcon
- Unit Manager Jack Rix
- Production Supervisor John Croydon
Writing
- Screenplay Angus Macphail
- Screenplay John Dighton
Photography
- Director of Photography Wilkie Cooper
- [Camera Operator] Stan Pavey
Stills
- [Stills] Jack Dooley
- [Stills] Bob Penn
Special Effects
- Special Effects Roy Kellino
- [Back Projection] Sid Howell
- [Back Projection] Wally Dolbear
Editing
- Supervising Editor Sidney Cole
- Editor Charles Hasse
- [Assistant Editor] Barbara Bennett
Design
- Art Director Michael Relph
- [Assistant Art Director] Jim Morahan
- [Draughtsman] Heather Armitage
Costumes
- Wardrobe Marianne
Music
- Music Ernest Irving
Choreography
- [Dances Arranged by] Philip Buchel
Sound
- Sound Supervisor Eric Williams
- Sound Recording Len Page
- [Boom Operator] Bert Minnell