The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
50 audience votes
Key crew
- T. E. B. ClarkeScreenplay
- Charles CrichtonDirector
Cast
- Alastair SimFelix H. Wilkinson
- Jack WarnerNightingale
- Valerie WhiteRhona
- Jack LambertFord
- Harry FowlerJoe Kirby
- Douglas BarrAlec
- Stanley EscaneRoy
- Ian DawsonNorman
- Gerald FoxDicky
- David SimpsonArthur
- Albert HughesWally
- John HudsonStan
Stills
Themes
gang leadergangblack and whiteboysbombed buildinglightheartedcity in ruinsoptimistic