Let George Do It! (1940)

6.2/10 • 82 min • Comedy Music War

Overview

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.

Cast

George Formby

George Hepplewhite

Phyllis Calvert

Garry Marsh

Romney Brent

Bernard Lee

Coral Browne

Helena Pickard

Diana Beaumont

Greta, Hotel Receptionist

Torin Thatcher

U-Boat Commander

Donald Calthrop

Frederick Strickland

Johnnie Schofield

Solicitous Steward

Alec Clunes

Officer (uncredited)

Walter Fitzgerald

Dockside Policeman (uncredited)

Ian Fleming

Col. Harcourt (uncredited)

Jack Hobbs

Conway (uncredited)

Albert Lieven

German Radio Operator (uncredited)

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