ComedyCrimeAdventure

Hue and Cry

- The Film that Begs to Differ

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.

Release Date : 1947-02-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Ealing Studios

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Felix H. Wilkinson

Original Name : Alastair Sim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nightingale

Original Name : Jack Warner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rhona

Original Name : Valerie White

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ford

Original Name : Jack Lambert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe Kirby

Original Name : Harry Fowler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alec

Original Name : Douglas Barr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roy

Original Name : Stanley Escane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Norman

Original Name : Ian Dawson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dicky

Original Name : Gerald Fox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arthur

Original Name : David Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wally

Original Name : Albert Hughes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stan

Original Name : John Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dusty

Original Name : David Knox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill

Original Name : Jeffrey Sirett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Terry

Original Name : James Crabbe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clarry

Original Name : Joan Dowling

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Kirby

Original Name : Frederick Piper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Kirby

Original Name : Vida Hope

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dorrie Kirby

Original Name : Heather Delaine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jago

Original Name : Paul Demel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Det.-Sgt. Fothergill

Original Name : Alec Finter

Gender : Male

Character Name : B.B.C. Announcer

Original Name : Bruce Belfrage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dicky’s Mother

Original Name : Grace Arnold

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vicar

Original Name : Arthur Denton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Selwyn Pike

Original Name : Robin Hughes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Watchman

Original Name : Howard Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Larry the Bull

Original Name : Harry Purvis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shorty

Original Name : Joey Carr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Mullins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schoolboy (uncredited)

Original Name : Andrew Sachs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Congregation Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Wood

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-10

This is one of the lesser known Ealing comedies and it has something of the Children's Film Foundation output to it too, as the youngsters cotton on to a dastardly plan to use the narrative bubbles in a children's comic to convey messages that unwittingly to the publisher and animator facilitate daring robberies. It's only when the young "Joe" (Harry Fowler) and his mates start to put two and two together, and with the help of "Felix" (Alastair Sim) they start to hone in on the kingpin - safe in the knowledge that he is close amongst them and will not go quietly if he is discovered. The humour is dark, subtle and personable, as are the efforts from Jack Warner ("Nightingale") and it is set in a wonderfully gritty post war, bombed-out London full of craters and ruins in which to set the increasingly enjoyable scenario. The youngsters gel well together too, a team effort with the odd red herring and plenty of fisticuffs that compensate for the nor terribly high production standards (especially the tinny audio). Remembering the environment in which it was made, it's a remarkably enjoyable and light-hearted indication that war was over and that the sunlit uplands were again on the horizon. Good fun.