Joey Boy

While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it...

• Frank LaunderDirector
• Mike WattsScreenplay
• Frank LaunderScreenplay

• Harry H. CorbettJoey Boy Thompson
• Stanley BaxterBenny 'The Kid' Lindowski
• Bill FraserSergeant Major Dobbs
• Reg VarneyRabbit Malone
• Lance PercivalClarence Doubleday
• John HarveySignals officer
• Wanda VenthamItalian Girl
• Freddie MillsSergeant
• Percy HerbertMad George Long
• Moira ListerLady Thameridge
• Derek NimmoLt Hope
• Thorley WaltersCol. Grant