The Pride of the Force
1933 film
- Syd Courtenay
- Lola Harvey
- Norman Lee
- Arthur B. Woods
- Leslie Fuller
- Patrick Aherne
- Faith Bennett
Production
company
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British International Pictures
Release date
- August 1933 (1933-08)
Running time
The Pride of the Force is a 1933 British comedy film directed and co-written by Norman Lee and starring Leslie Fuller, Patrick Aherne, Faith Bennett and Hal Gordon.[1] The plot concerns a farmworker who inadvertently becomes the pride of the Metropolitan Police force.
Produced by British International Pictures as part of a series of vehicles for the music hall star Leslie Fuller, it was shot at the company's Elstree Studios.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director John Mead. It was trade shown in August 1933 but didn't go on full release until March 1934.
Cast
- Leslie Fuller as Bill / Bob Porter
- Patrick Aherne as Max Heinrich
- Nancy Bates as Sheila
- Faith Bennett as Peggy Ramsbottom
- King Curtis as Steve
- Alf Goddard as Sergeant Brown
- Hal Gordon as Dick Smith
- Frank Perfitt as Inspector Ramsbottom
- Ben Welden as Tony Carlotti
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- The Pride of the Force at IMDb
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Films directed by Norman Lee
- The Streets of London (1929)
- The Lure of the Atlantic (1929)
- The Strangler (1932)
- Josser Joins the Navy (1932)
- Strip! Strip! Hooray!!! (1932)
- Josser on the River (1932)
- Josser in the Army (1932)
- Money Talks (1932)
- The Pride of the Force (1933)
- A Political Party (1934)
- The Outcast (1934)
- Doctor's Orders (1934)
- Spring in the Air (1934)
- Royal Cavalcade (1935)
- Mother, Don't Rush Me (1936)
- Happy Days Are Here Again (1936)
- No Escape (1936)
- Kathleen Mavourneen (1937)
- Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)
- Knights for a Day (1937)
- French Leave (1937)
- Saturday Night Revue (1937)
- Mr. Reeder in Room 13 (1938)
- Almost a Honeymoon (1938)
- Save a Little Sunshine (1938)
- Luck of the Navy (1938)
- Murder in Soho (1939)
- Wanted by Scotland Yard (1939)
- Yes, Madam? (1939)
- The Door with Seven Locks (1940)
- The Farmer's Wife (1941)
- The Monkey's Paw (1948)
- The Case of Charles Peace (1949)
- The Girl Who Couldn't Quite (1950)
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