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Demobbed (1944 film)

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Demobbed
Directed byJohn E. Blakeley
Written byStory and scenario:
Roney Parsons
Anthony Toner
original story:
Julian Cantor
Max Zorlini
comedy sequences devised and arranged by:
Arthur Mertz
Produced byF.W. Baker
John E. Blakeley
Starring
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byTed Richards
Music byPercival Mackey
Production
company
Distributed byButcher's Film Service (U.K.)
Release date
  • 19 June 1944 (1944-06-19) (U.K.)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Demobbed is a 1944 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Norman Evans, Nat Jackley, Gus McNaughton and Dan Young.[1] Billed as "a musical comedy burlesque," its plot concerns a group of ex-soldiers who attempt to gain employment after being demobbed from the army.

Cast

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Critical reception

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TV Guide called it an "Occasionally okay slapstick comedy."[2]

References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ "Demobbed".
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