Ask a Policeman (1939)

Directed by

Marcel Varnel

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A bumbling policeman and his two incompetent colleagues try to solve a crime in a small English village. Their attempts lead to one ridiculous situation after another.

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What happens

Ask a Policeman is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. It was written by Marriott Edgar, Sidney Gilliat, Val Guest and J. O. C. Orton. The plot sees Will Hay playing a policeman at the Turnbotham Round police force. The title comes from the popular music hall song "Ask a P'liceman". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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