
8 votes
1936
1h 20m
Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities
Directed by William Beaudine

Will Hay
Benjamin StubbinsH.F. Maltby
Sir Roger Wimpleton
Norma Varden
Lady Margaret Wimpleton
Peggy Simpson
Barbara Stubbins
Gibb McLaughlin
Martin, The Butler
Gina Malo
Goldie Kelly
Hartley Power
Duke WilsonEddie Houghton
Slug RileyHal Walters
Nick HarrisSybil Brooke
Mrs Peabody, LandladyDavina Whitehouse
Lucie, The Maid
Graham Moffatt
Willie, The Office Boy
John Turnbull
Detective CollinsGordon Begg
Aldrich, the Butler
Mickey Brantford
Jimmy Burbank
Frederick Piper
Joe, Detective Taking Fingerprints
Victor Rietti
Maître DStatus
Released
Release date
August 10, 1936
Budget
—
Revenue
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Language
English