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The Boys in Blue (1982)

The Boys in Blue poster
Directed by
Val Guest
Genre
comedy film, family film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two policemen who have not made any arrests worry about losing their jobs. To prove their worth, they start making up crimes to report.

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What happens

The Boys in Blue is a 1983 British comedy film directed and written by Val Guest and starring Tommy Cannon, Bobby Ball, Suzanne Danielle and Roy Kinnear. It is loosely based on the 1939 Will Hay film Ask a Policeman, which Guest co–wrote. It was the final feature film that Guest directed. The film is about two policemen who have failed to make any arrests and are threatened with dismissal; they begin to invent crime to justify their existence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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