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Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
George Formby
George Hepplewhite
Phyllis Calvert
Mary Wilson
Garry Marsh
Mendez
Romney Brent
Slim Selwyn
Bernard Lee
Oscar
Coral Browne
Iris
Helena Pickard
Oscar's Wife
Diana Beaumont
Greta, Hotel Receptionist
Torin Thatcher
U-Boat Commander
Donald Calthrop
Frederick Strickland
Johnnie Schofield
Solicitous Steward
Alec Clunes
Officer (uncredited)
Walter Fitzgerald
Dockside Policeman (uncredited)
Ian Fleming
Col. Harcourt (uncredited)
Jack Hobbs
Conway (uncredited)
Albert Lieven
German Radio Operator (uncredited)
Charles Paton
Simion (uncredited)
Bill Shine
Untipped Steward (uncredited)
Ronald Shiner
Musician (uncredited)
Ian Wilson
Parker, Dinky Do (uncredited)
Ronald Neame
Director of Photography
Marcel Varnel
Director
Michael Balcon
Producer
Angus MacPhail
Screenplay
Basil Dearden
Screenplay
Oct 13, 1940
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