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The Boys in Blue
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Wikipedia article
'The Boys in Blue' is a 1982 British comedy film directed 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. Some policemen who have failed to make any arrests are threatened with dismissal, and begin to invent crime to justify their existence. It was the final feature film that Guest directed.
Plot
Sgt. Cannon (Tommy Cannon) and PC Ball (Bobby Ball) run the police station in the quiet town of Little Botham. When the station is threatened with closure due to a lack of crime, they decide to invent some crimes to justify their existence. When they try to steal a painting from a local rich businessman (Roy Kinnear), they accidentally stumble across a gang of real art thieves who have just stolen 1 million worth of paintings. It is up to the two bungling cops to stop them escaping with their haul.
Cast
* Tommy Cannon Sergeant Cannon
* Bobby Ball PC Ball
* Suzanne Danielle KimPeter Cowie, ed., 'International Film Guide 1984' (Tantivy Press, 1983), p. 319
* Roy Kinnear Lloyd
* Eric Sykes Chief Constable
* Jack Douglas Chief Superintendent
* Edward Judd Hilling
* Jon Pertwee Coastguard
* Arthur English Farmer
Filming locations
The film was shot primarily at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England, but many other locations throughout the United Kingdom were used, such as Edlesborough, Eaton Bray, Weymouth, Wool, Lulworth Cove, St Albans, Borehamwood and Bushey Heath.
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