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The Goose Steps Out (1942)

The Goose Steps Out poster
Directed by
Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bumbling English schoolteacher is mistaken for his German spy double. He is sent to impersonate the spy in Germany, leading to a series of comedic mix-ups.

lightheartedfarcewhimsicalplayfulbrisklaughablegood-natured

What happens

The Goose Steps Out is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Will Hay and Basil Dearden, and starring Hay, Frank Pettingell, Julien Mitchell, Charley Hawtrey and Peter Ustinov. It is a comedy of mistaken identity, with Hay acting as a German spy and also an Englishman who is his double. It was Ustinov's film debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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