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Bell-Bottom George is a British film of genre War directed by Marcel Varnel with George Formby
Bell-Bottom George (1944)
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Add to a movie listLength 1h37
Directed by Marcel Varnel
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Musical films, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Rating58%
Bell-Bottom George is a 1943 black and white British comedy musical film, directed by Marcel Varnel, starring George Formby and Anne Firth. Another wartime flagwaver for Formby, it features the songs, "Swim Little Fish", "It Serves You Right", "If I Had A Girl Like You" and "Bell Bottom George." Future Carry On star Charles Hawtrey appears in a small role.
Synopsis
George Blake (Formby) is a waiter with ambitions to join the Navy, although he's been rejected several times, because of a weak heart. But during an air raid he's mistaken for a sailor because he's wearing the clothes of a navy friend who's borrowed his to go to a Lock-in at a pub. George is spotted by military police who think he is AWOL and escort him back to Naval barracks. He impresses the sailors there with his songs and ukulele playing, and is recruited to play at the "Spick and Span" troop radio concert in London. Somehow, along the way, he stumbles on a group of Nazi spies using a taxidermists shop as a front, and foils their plot to blow up a British submarine, "The Firefly". He also impresses and wins the heart of Pat (Anne Firth}, the Wren he's fallen for.Actors
George Formby
(George Blake)
Reginald Purdell
(Birdie Edwards)
Anne Firth
(Pat)
Peter Murray-Hill
(Shapley)
Dennis Wyndham
(Black)
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