Don Chicago
| Don Chicago | |
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| Directed by | Maclean Rogers |
| Screenplay by | Austin Melford |
| Based on | Don Chicago by C. E. Bechhofer Roberts |
| Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
| Starring | Jackie Hunter Eddie Gray Joyce Heron |
| Cinematography | Gerald Gibbs |
| Edited by | Grace Garland |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Don Chicago is a 1945 British crime comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Jackie Hunter, Joyce Heron and Claud Allister.[1] It is based on the novel by C. E. Bechhofer Roberts.
Plot
[edit]An aspiring but timid gangster is forced to leave the United States after crossing the wrong people, but upon arriving in Britain he is treated as a dangerous criminal.
Don Chicago steals the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London whilst on a day-trip. He infiltrates the BBC to make various announcements.
Cast
[edit]- Jackie Hunter as Don Chicago
- Eddie Gray as Police Constable Gray
- Joyce Heron as Kitty Mannering
- Claud Allister as Lord Piccadilly
- Amy Veness as Bowie Knife Bella
- Wylie Watson as Peabody
- Don Stannard as Ken Cressing
- Charles Farrell as Don Dooley
- Finlay Currie as Bugs Mulligan
- Cyril Smith as Flash Kelly
- Ellen Pollock as Lady Vanessa
- Moira Lister as Telephone Operator
- Wally Patch as Sergeant
- Inga Andersen
References
[edit]- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | DON CHICAGO (1945)". Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
External links
[edit]- Don Chicago at IMDb
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