Spare a Copper

Name: Spare a Copper
Cast: George Formby, Dorothy Hyson, Bernard Lee, George Merritt, John Warwick

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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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Cast & Crew

Director: John Paddy CarstairsWriters: Austin Melford, Basil Dearden, Roger MacDougallProducer: Michael Balcon

George Formby

as George Carter

Dorothy Hyson

as Jane Gray

Bernard Lee

as Jake

George Merritt

as Brewster

John Warwick

as Shaw

Bryan Herbert

as Williams

Warburton Gamble

as Sir Robert

John Turnbull

as Inspector Richards

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