A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play The Magistrate in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.

Credited cast:
Will Hay ... Magistrate Brutus Poskett
Iris Hoey ... Agatha Poskett
Angela Baddeley ... Charlotte Verrinder
Claud Allister ... Capt. Horace Vale
George Graves ... Col. Alexander Lukyn
John Mills ... Bobby Poskett
Jane Carr ... Minnie Taylor
Marguerite Allan ... Eve Douglas
H.F. Maltby ... Mr. Bullamy
Laurence Hanray ... Wormington
Syd Crossley ... Wyke
Wally Patch ... Insp. Briggs
Jimmy Godden ... Pat Maloney
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Bedford ... Himself
Lily Morris ... Herself

Runtime: 80 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Black and White



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