Spare a Copper (1940)
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.
- Released
- 1940-12-02
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Paddy Carstairs
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 6 votes
Cast
- George Formby as George Carter
- Dorothy Hyson as Jane Gray
- Bernard Lee as Jake
- George Merritt as Brewster
- John Warwick as Shaw
- Bryan Herbert as Williams
- Warburton Gamble as Sir Robert
- John Turnbull as Inspector Richards
- James Woodburn as Macdermott
- Eliot Makeham as Fuller
- Ellen Pollock as Lady Hardstaff
- Charles Carson as Admiral