Spare a Copper
Spare a Copper
Release: 1940-12-02
·Runtime: 77m
·★ 6.8
Comedy
George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)
Cast
George Merritt
as Brewster
Warburton Gamble
as Sir Robert
Eliot Makeham
as Fuller
Beryl Reid
as Minor role
George Formby
as George Carter
John Turnbull
as Inspector Richards
Ellen Pollock
as Lady Hardstaff
Charles Carson
as Admiral
Aubrey Mallalieu
as Manager Of Music Store
Grace Arnold
as Music Shop Customer
Johnnie Schofield
as Policeman
Dorothy Hyson
as Jane Gray
Bernard Lee
as Jake
Bryan Herbert
as Williams
Jack Melford
as Dame
Ronald Shiner
as Piano Mover
Cyril Chamberlain
as Policeman
Bill Shine
as Minor Role