Alf's Button Afloat

Name: Alf's Button Afloat
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo

1938
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

142

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Comedy

Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his uniform is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. When he cleans it a genie appears.Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his uniform is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. When he cleans it a genie appears.Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his uniform is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. When he cleans it a genie appears.

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

142

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Norman wisdom was not mentioned in the credits but at the beginning of the film, he can be seen having his broom taken from him as Bud and the gang follow the marine recruiting troop into the recruiting compound.

Goofs
At one point on board the gang are cleaning a field gun. Obviously a field gun would not be found on board a ship.

Connections
Remake of Alf's Button (1920)

Soundtracks
Alf's Button Afloat
(uncredited)
Music by Michael Carr
Lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy

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Featured review

8/10

A lot of silly fun

6 mates, all after a buck, end up getting themselves recruited without realising it! They all get their uniforms, and one has a dirty button. No one wants the one with the dirty button, of course, so it gets thrown about until finally Alf is stuck with it. But the button isn't dirty - see at the beginning of the movie we see Aladdin burying his lamp as he is done with it, and then in "present day" (1937) it being dug up and found, and ending up being melted down for metal in a button factory (cue funny inserts of the genie going "hmm, warm in here!") - and the mysterious "dirty" button on Alf's jacket is none other than the melted down lamp, and when he tries to clean it, the genie appears, saying he will grant his every wish. "Strike me pink!" is Alf's exclamation, and the genie does just that. Oh, if only it were in colour! The genie provides a lot of fun for the 6, often getting their instructions hilariously wrong. A groaner, but a must-see.