Partners in Crime (1942)
- Directed by
- Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 9 min
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This short film warns housewives against buying goods on the black market during World War II. It shows how black market activity hurts the war effort and encourages women to follow official rationing rules.
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What happens
Partners in Crime is a 1942 British short propaganda film directed and written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder. It was produced for the Ministry of Information by Gainsborough Pictures. It delivers a reprimand to housewives meddling in the black market. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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