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THE GANG'S ALL HERE is a very typical comedy of 1939, made with a deliberate lightness of touch which is no surprise given what was happening in the world at the time. Jack Buchanan and Googie Withers play a crime-fighting duo who are on the trail of some stolen jewellery in a plot that props up many a 1930s crime movie. This one's British and was originally meant to be directed by Hitchcock, which doubtlessly would have made it more interesting; as it stands it's rather bland and generic, with a few laughs here and there. Withers sparkles and is the best thing in it, and you get to see a few youthful faces in support, such as Ballard Berkeley.