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Demobbed (1944 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Demobbed' is a 1944 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Norman Evans, Nat Jackley, Gus McNaughton and Dan Young.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115154143/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/31010 BFI.org] Billed as "a musical comedy burlesque," its plot concerns a group of ex-soldiers who attempt to gain employment after being demobbed from the army.
Cast
* Norman Evans - Norman
* Nat Jackley - Nat
* Dan Young - Dan
* Betty Jumel - Betty
* Tony Dalton - Billy Brown
* Jimmy Plant - Graham
* George Merritt - James Bentley
* Fred Kitchen - Black
* Arthur Hambling - Curtis
* Gus McNaughton - Capt. Gregson
* Marianne Lincoln - Marianne
* Anne Firth - Norma Deane
* Neville Mapp - John Bentley
* Webster Booth - Himself
* Anne Ziegler - Herself
* Sydney Bromley - BBC Announcer
* Kay Lewis - Norman Evan's Partner
* Freddie Watts - Landlord of the Red Lion
* Edgar Driver - the Bookie
* Noel Dainton - Police Inspector
* Marjorie Gresley - the Mother
* Angela Glynne - the Child
Critical reception
'TV Guide' called it an "Occasionally okay slapstick comedy."
References
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