The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Basil DeardenDirector
- Will HayDirector
- Angus MacPhailScreenplay
- John DightonScreenplay
Cast
- Will HayWilliam Potts / Muller
- Frank PettingellProfessor Hoffman
- Julien MitchellGeneral Von Glotz
- Charles HawtreyMax
- Barry MorseKurt
- Peter UstinovKrauss
- Peter CroftHans
- Anne FirthLena
- Leslie HarcourtVogel
- Jeremy HawkA.D.C.
- Raymond LovellSchmidt
- Aubrey MallalieuRector
Stills
Themes
ealing