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Under Your Hat (1940)

5.3 | Sep 01, 1940 (GB) | Adventure, Comedy | 01:19

In pre-Second World War England, a leading film star and his wife attempt to recover a secret carburetor stolen by enemy agents. Based on a popular stage musical starring Hulbert and Courtneidge, a husband-and-wife team who had made a series of successful comedy films during the 1930s.

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Jack Hulbert
Jack Millett
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Cicely Courtneidge
Kay Millett
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Austin Trevor
Boris Vladimir
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Cecil Parker
Sir Jeffrey Arlington
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Leonora Corbett
Carole Markoff
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H.F. Maltby
Colonel Sheepshanks
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Myrette Morven
Miss Stevens

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DanDare
4 | Jun 25, 2017
In pre Second World War England, film star (Jack Hulbert) is recruited to be a spy. Together with his wife (Cicely Courtneidge) he attempts to recover a secret carburretor stolen by enemy agents. At first his wife suspects that Jack is having an affair with his glamorous co-star as he is behaving suspiciously. Jack eventually reveals he been asked to go undercover. This is a rather heavy handed musical-dance caper. It moves briskly enough with some silliness but is not that funny. Hulbert is amiable enough but Courtneidge overpowers the film by being over the top.