My Learned Friend (1943)

Directed by

Will Hay, Basil Dearden

Genre

crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 16 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 man tries to prevent a former patient from carrying out a series of murders. The story follows his efforts and the comedic complications that arise.

comiclightheartedquirkybritishwittyplayfulfast-pacedold-fashioned

What happens

My Learned Friend is a 1943 British black-and-white comedy film directed by Basil Dearden and Will Hay and starring Hay, Claude Hulbert and Mervyn Johns. It was written by John Dighton and Angus MacPhail and produced by Michael Balcon, Robert Hamer for Ealing Studios. The film's title refers to a tradition in British law: when addressing either the court or the judge, a barrister refers to the opposing counsel using the respectful term, "my learned friend". This was Hay's last film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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