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Hue and Cry
Movie6.5

Hue and Cry

1947•1h 22m•Comedy•Crime•Adventure
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Story Line

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.

“The Film that Begs to Differ”

Top Cast

Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim

Felix H. Wilkinson

Jack Warner

Jack Warner

Nightingale

Valerie White

Valerie White

Rhona

Jack Lambert

Jack Lambert

Ford

Harry Fowler

Harry Fowler

Joe Kirby

Douglas Barr

Alec

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Rating

6.5/ 10

Release Date

1947-02-01

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

ComedyCrimeAdventure

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User Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/10
•11/10/2022
This is one of the lesser known Ealing comedies and it has something of the Children's Film Foundation output to it too, as the youngsters cotton on to a dastardly plan to use the narrative bubbles in a children's comic to convey messages that unwitt...