FREE ASK A POLICEMAN PDF The Detection Club,Agatha Christie,Dorothy L. Sayers,Anthony Berkeley,Gladys Mitchell,Helen Simpson | 336 pages | 08 Nov 2012 | HarperCollins Publishers | 9780007468621 | English | London, United Kingdom ​Ask a Policeman () directed by Marcel Varnel • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his Ask a Policeman constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobsand then find themselves involved in the real thing. Derick Williams Jack Parry. Will Hay and his incompetent gang as village coppers! No other outcome then a comedy classic is possible! And might perhaps be Hay's Ask a Policeman too? The village of Turnbotham Round has the reputation of being the safest place in England with not a single crime committed in 10 years 4 months and 5 days. Which just happens to be the exact same amount of time that Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot Will Hay has been in charge of the local police station. Unfortunately when that information comes to the attention of the Chief Constable he threatens to close the station down and put Dudfoot and his two constables out of work, so it now falls to them to come up with some crime. Luckily, and unsurprisingly, the very thing they need has Ask a Policeman going on under their noses for at least the last 10 years 4 months…. This is a hugely enjoyable yarn about three incompetent and Ask a Policeman bent coppers who somehow manage to thwart a major smuggling operation. This is a lot of fun, I've liked Will Hay comedies since I first saw them as a boy, and this one Ask a Policeman solid, with snappy, amusing dialogue from the shady, but good-hearted, boys. Also with the wonderful Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott. This is a very British comedy, however, and I'm not sure it will travel well. It's like an early prototype of the St Trinians movies, if that paints a picture. Ask a Policeman has Will Ask a Policeman and his incompetent gang as village police officers. With this recipe, no other outcome is possible except a classic British comedy. Ask a Policeman is a wonderful comedy with plenty of laughs to be had. Hay is Sgt Dudfoot, who is quite possibly cinema's most incompetent copper. He is based in the sleepy village Ask a Policeman Turnbotham Round, where there has been no crime for a decade. After the Chief Constable informs them that there is not enough local crime to justify the existence of their station, Dudfoot and two other officers set about staging crimes in order to keep their jobs. This leads Ask a Policeman to a smuggling ring. Ask a Policeman is quick paced…. Review by FilmMasterJack. My 1st Will Hay film, and I really did enjoy this one. What I love about these films is that when viewed today they truly act as a time capsule of a particular place and time. Syn thrown in for good Ask a Policeman — Ask a Policeman could easily have been Ask a Policeman as merely Oh, Mr. However — beautifully crafted and packed with great gags and winning performances — the film proves standing on its own merits just about the equal of 's Oh, Mr. Hay once again plays a seedy incompetent — this time a Ask a Policeman coastal village police sergeant who has not made a single arrest in over ten years on the job mostly because he and his two constables, played by Moore Marriott and Graham…. Review by Ash Boomstick. Will Hay is one of the masters of timing and come back's that will make you chuckle and build into roaring laughter. One of Will Hay's better films this one. When the sleepy village of Turnbotham Round's police station is threatened with closure due to a lack of crime Sgt Dudfoot Hay and his two police officers decide to try to invent some crime in order to save their jobs. Due to their incompetence they are blissfully unaware of the smuggling going on right under their noses. This is slap stick comedy at it's best and Will Hay was a master of it but his two co stars Graham Moffatt as Albert and Moore Marriott as Harbottle also play their parts as well. This is definitely a film that is a product of it's time with regards to the type of comedy…. The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Ask a Policeman Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremiah Harbottle, who stage a fabricated Ask a Policeman to save their jobsand then find themselves involved in the real thing. Will Hay and the gang deal with smugglers. Not quite as good as Oh Mr. Porter but still fun. Remade years later with Cannon and Ball. Well if you're going to copy, you might as well copy the best - and The Ghost Train and Oh, Mr Porter are excellent and brilliant, respectively. As is this for about 50 minutes, then it flounders horrendously into a long, drawn out sort of chase sequence, which forgets to include many jokes, any tension or much of a point. By the end, and the final scene, even Will Hay seems to have lost interest. Silly nonsense, but quality silly nonsense. And if that's what you are looking for, you could do a lot worse. When you think of classic black and white talkie comedies you probably go to St. Trinian's if you are British like me anyways but Ask a Policeman Hay as a school master, police man or fireman reaches those same heights. This is good old fashioned slapstick with healthy amounts of wordplay and silly misunderstandings. Literally they don't make them like this anymore. For the edition, …. And it most likely is. While world cinema was being strangled…. Ask a Policeman. Where to watch. Ask a Policeman Directed by Marcel Varnel Synopsis The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobsand then find themselves involved in Ask a Policeman real thing. Director Marcel Varnel. Clive Richardson. Country UK. Genre comedy. Ask a Policeman was really really good. Will Hay was really really good in this. Ask a Policeman is a close second to Oh Mr Porter based on the films Ask a Policeman have seen so far. The crooked cop scenes are outstanding and all achieved with straight faces. The script is sharp and funny with lots of slapstick humour thrown in. If you need a pick me up then stick it on. Shame, as the first part is a hoot. Hay, Moffatt and Marriott in possibly a quintessential Will Hay outing. Preserving this list for posterity as it disappeared. RIP Allan Fish, your film taste and writing lives on. Missing: -…. Ask a Policeman - Wikipedia As IMDb celebrates its 30th birthday, we have six shows to get you ready for those pivotal years of your life Get some streaming picks. Turnbottom Round prides itself as the village without crime; there has not been an arrest recorded by the local police for years. Unfortunately, this is more to do with the inability of Sgt Dudfoot and his constables Jerry and Harbottle to so much as recognise a crime. With their jobs on the line, the trio attempt to stage a crime of their own, only to inadvertently uncover a smuggling ring and a headless horseman Written by D. Because "Oh Mr Porter" was filmed two years earlier, it gets more favour from the critics, but although this film was a reworking of that plot, it stands up equally, if not better. My favourite being when Harbottle Marriott already playing a much older man takes them to see his father, played by himself. Just shows what a superb actor he was. Probably due to over use! 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Edit Cast Complete credited cast: Will Hay Dudfoot Graham Moffatt Ask a Policeman Moore Marriott Harbottle Glennis Lorimer Emily Peter Gawthorne Chief Constable Charles Oliver The Squire Herbert Lomas Edit Storyline Turnbottom Round prides Ask a Policeman as the village without crime; there has not been an arrest recorded by the local police for years. Edit Did You Know? Trivia A rare broadcast of this comedy was shown by the BBC in Goofs When the police car runs away from the flaming hearse Albert is seen in front of a back projection driving in reverse though he is actually Ask a Policeman straight ahead. Quotes Constable Jeremiah 'Jerry' Harbottle : [ Dudfoot has been embezzling the salary of a non-existent constable ] If I hadn't come in you wouldn't have had any Harbottle to show.