

Hue and Cry
February 1, 1947•1h 22m•★ 6.5
ComedyCrimeAdventure
“The Film that Begs to Differ”
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
Director
Charles CrichtonWriters
Cast

Alastair Sim
Felix H. Wilkinson

Jack Warner
Nightingale

Valerie White
Rhona

Jack Lambert
Ford

Harry Fowler
Joe Kirby
?
Douglas Barr
Alec
?
Stanley Escane
Roy
?
Ian Dawson
Norman
?
Gerald Fox
Dicky
?
David Simpson
Arthur
?
Albert Hughes
Wally
?
John Hudson
Stan
?
David Knox
Dusty
?
Jeffrey Sirett
Bill
?
James Crabbe
Terry

Joan Dowling
Clarry

Frederick Piper
Mr. Kirby

Vida Hope
Mrs. Kirby
?
Heather Delaine
Dorrie Kirby
?
Paul Demel
Jago