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Many Tanks Mr. Atkins
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Wikipedia article
'Many Tanks Mr. Atkins' is a 1938 British comedy war film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Claude Hulbert, Reginald Purdell and Barbara Greene.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114132857/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/41885 BFI.org]
It was made as a quota quickie by Warner Brothers at the company's Teddington Studios in London.Chinbnall p.299
The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Proud.
Plot summary
The troublesome Private Nutter is posted from regiment to regiment.
Cast
* Claude Hulbert as Claude Fishlock
* Reginald Purdell as Pete Nutter
* Barbara Greene as Rosemary Edghill
* Davy Burnaby as Lord Fishlock
* Frederick Burtwell as Colonel Edghill
* Jack Melford as Captain Torrent
* Arthur Hambling as Sergeant Major Hornett
* Edward Lexy as Sergeant Butterworth
* Edmund Breon as Colonel
* Ralph Truman as Zanner
* Dorothy Seacombe as Mrs Hornett
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film'. British Film Institute, 2007.
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