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Thank Evans (1938)

Thank Evans poster
Directed by
Roy William Neill
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A horse racing tipster gets into comic scrapes with his friend and a bumbling police sergeant. They try to pull off a scheme but face obstacles.

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What happens

Thank Evans is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Max Miller. It was written by John Dighton based on the novel by Edgar Wallace. The film is a sequel to Educated Evans (1936), with Miller, Hal Walters and Albert Whelan all returning to reprise their roles as the hapless horse racing tipster Evans, his pal Nobby and the bungling Sergeant Challoner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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