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Get Cracking

  • 1943
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
176
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Get Cracking (1943)
ComedyWar

George Formby joins the home guard.George Formby joins the home guard.George Formby joins the home guard.

  • Director
    • Marcel Varnel
  • Writers
    • L. du Garde Peach
    • Edward Dryhurst
    • Michael Vaughan
  • Stars
    • George Formby
    • Edward Rigby
    • Frank Pettingell
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    176
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Marcel Varnel
    • Writers
      • L. du Garde Peach
      • Edward Dryhurst
      • Michael Vaughan
    • Stars
      • George Formby
      • Edward Rigby
      • Frank Pettingell
    • 8User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    George Formby
    George Formby
    • George Singleton
    Edward Rigby
    Edward Rigby
    • Sam Elliott
    Frank Pettingell
    Frank Pettingell
    • Alf Pemberton
    Ronald Shiner
    Ronald Shiner
    • Everett Manley
    Dinah Sheridan
    Dinah Sheridan
    • Mary Pemberton
    Wally Patch
    • Sgt. Joe Preston
    E.V.H. Emmett
    • Commentator
    • (voice)
    John Adams
    • Soldier in Marching Column
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Atkinson
    Frank Atkinson
    • Station Master
    • (uncredited)
    Noel Dainton
    • Army Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Fowler
    Harry Fowler
      Vera Frances
      • Irene
      • (uncredited)
      Irene Handl
      Irene Handl
      • Maggie Turner
      • (uncredited)
      Mike Johnson
      • Josh
      • (uncredited)
      Jack May
      Jack May
      • Soldier in Marching Column
      • (uncredited)
      Jack Vyvyan
      • Punter - Police Constable
      • (uncredited)
      Ben Williams
      • Home Guard
      • (uncredited)
      Pauline Winter
      • Alice - Barmaid
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Marcel Varnel
      • Writers
        • L. du Garde Peach
        • Edward Dryhurst
        • Michael Vaughan
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      • Goofs
        George is on roller skates and holding a rope attached to a cement trailer. A cement bag breaks and covers him, but when he lets go and runs into Everett Manley and his car, virtually the whole of the white cement has disappeared. However, when George returns to base, he's covered in even more cement on his helmet and tunic.
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        Opening credits prologue: MAY 1940
      • Soundtracks
        Under The Blasted Oak
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      User reviews8

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      6/10

      Best of the Columbia films

      Formby made 7 films for Columbia and this is probably the best of them.Possibly because the topic was so contemporary. This film rather confirms rivalry between platoons as shown in Dad's Army. George was coming to the end of his time as a film star.Ronnie Shiner,who has a supporting role here became a big star in the fifties,as to a lesser extent,Dinah Sheridan.
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      • Release date
        • May 17, 1943 (United Kingdom)
      • Country of origin
        • United Kingdom
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Flygmalajen i hemvärnet
      • Filming locations
        • D&P Studios, Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(studio: produced at D&P Studios. England.)
      • Production company
        • Columbia British Productions
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 36 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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