Spare a Copper

Overview

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. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.

Directed by John Paddy Carstairs

Top cast

George Formby

George Carter

Dorothy Hyson

Jane Gray

Bernard Lee

Jake

George Merritt

Brewster

J

John Warwick

Shaw

Bryan Herbert

Williams

Warburton Gamble

Sir Robert

John Turnbull

Inspector Richards

J

James Woodburn

Macdermott

Eliot Makeham

Fuller

Ellen Pollock

Lady Hardstaff

Charles Carson

Admiral

Aubrey Mallalieu

Manager Of Music Store

E

Edward Lexy

Night Watchman

Grace Arnold

Music Shop Customer

Cyril Chamberlain

Policeman

J

Jimmy Godden

Manager

H

Hal Gordon

Sergeant

L

Laurence Kitchin

Hiker

Jack Melford

Dame

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