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Spare a Copper

19401h 17m7.0/ 10 · TMDB · 6 votes
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.

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Directed by John Paddy Carstairs

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

George Formby
George Formby

George Carter

Dorothy Hyson
Dorothy Hyson

Jane Gray

Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee

Jake

George Merritt
George Merritt

Brewster

John Warwick

Shaw

Bryan Herbert
Bryan Herbert

Williams

Warburton Gamble
Warburton Gamble

Sir Robert

John Turnbull
John Turnbull

Inspector Richards

James Woodburn

Macdermott

Eliot Makeham
Eliot Makeham

Fuller

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Film details

Released2 Dec 1940
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
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