Ask a Policeman

Ask a Policeman is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt.

For the 1888 music hall song, see Ask a P'liceman.
Ask a Policeman
Poster
Directed byMarcel Varnel
Written byMarriott Edgar
Sidney Gilliat (story)
Val Guest
J. O. C. Orton
Produced byEdward Black
StarringWill Hay
Graham Moffatt
Moore Marriott
Glennis Lorimer
Peter Gawthorne
Charles Oliver
Herbert Lomas
CinematographyDerick Williams
Edited byR. E. Dearing
Music byLouis Levy
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
(United States)
Release date
  • 28 August 1939 (1939-08-28)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The plot sees Will Hay playing a policeman at the Turnbotham Round police force. The force hasn't arrested anybody in the last ten years five weeks and four days so their Chief Constable arrives to decide whether to keep or disband the force. The characters fabricate crimes in order to look useful. They manufacture some fake smuggling, but then they encounter some real smugglers. The title comes from the popular music hall song "Ask a P'liceman".

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