Spare a Copper

Spare a Copper 1940

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George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.

  • Released: 1940-12-02
  • Runtime: 77 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Stars: George Formby, Dorothy Hyson, Bryan Herbert, Warburton Gamble, John Turnbull, James Woodburn, Eliot Makeham, Ellen Pollock, Aubrey Mallalieu, Edward Lexy, Grace Arnold, Cyril Chamberlain, Jimmy Godden, Hal Gordon, Laurence Kitchin, Jack Melford, Beryl Reid, Johnnie Schofield, Bill Shine, Ronald Shiner  Show all >
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  • Director: John Paddy Carstairs