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Spare a Copper is a 1940 British black-and-white musical comedy war film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring George Formby, Dorothy Hyson and Bernard Lee. It was produced by Associated Talking Pictures. It is also known as Call a Cop.
Spare a Copper: Directed by John Paddy Carstairs. With George Formby, Dorothy Hyson, George Merritt, John Warwick. A brave wartime copper (policeman) becomes a hero after he thwarts a plot to destroy a battleship.
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- Comedy, Musical
- John Paddy Carstairs
- 1941-04-14
Spare a Copper is a 1940 British black-and-white musical comedy war film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring George Formby, Dorothy Hyson and Bernard Lee. It was produced by Associated Talking Pictures.
Synopsis. 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.
- John Paddy Carstairs
- Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)
Apr 23, 2021 · SPARE A COPPER (1940) Run Time: 1:17:00. Director: John Paddy Carstairs. Key Cast: George Formby, Dorothy Hyson, George Merritt.
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In this British WWII comedy, a brave member of the Police War Reserve eventually becomes a hero when he exposes a conspiracy to sabotage the battleship Hercules on her first voyage. But at first his fellow officers believe that he is one of the enemy agents.
