Pack Up Your Troubles (1940 film)
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| Directed by | Oswald Mitchell |
| Produced by | F.W. Baker |
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| Music by | Percival Mackey |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
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| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service (UK) |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Pack Up Your Troubles is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Reginald Purdell, Wylie Watson and Patricia Roc.[1][2][3] It takes its name from the First World War marching song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag".[4]
Plot
Garage owner Tommy (Reginald Purdell) and ventriloquist friend Eric (Wylie Watson) join the army and travel to France, where they are captured by the Nazis. However, Eric's voice-throwing skills come in handy in engineering their escape and in obtaining top secret information.
Cast
- Reginald Purdell as Tommy Perkins
- Wylie Watson as Eric Sampson
- Patricia Roc as Sally Brown
- Wally Patch as Sgt. Barker
- Muriel George as Mrs. Perkins
- Ernest Butcher as Jack Perkins
- Manning Whiley as Muller
- G. H. Mulcaster as Col. Diehard
Critical reception
TV Guide called it a "Lightweight comedy worth watching for Purdell's and Watson's nice comic performances."[5] and Sky Cinema similarly approved of the pair, "They're pretty funny together," though considered the plot "routine," but found compensation in "a very young and pretty Patricia Roc and some good old music-hall songs include Roll Out the Barrel, Pack Up Your Troubles and Goodbye Sally," concluding that the film was "Cheerful nonsense."[6]
References
- ↑ Chibnall & McFarlane p.8
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Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
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- 1940 films
- English-language films
- British comedy films
- 1940 comedy films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films shot at Nettlefold Studios
- Films set in England
- Films directed by Oswald Mitchell
- British black-and-white films
- Films scored by Percival Mackey
- 1940s British films
- Pages with broken file links
- 1940s British comedy film stubs
