Hue and Cry

The Film that Begs to Differ

82 mins
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.

Alastair Sim

Felix H. Wilkinson

Jack Warner

Nightingale

Harry Fowler

Joe Kirby

Vida Hope

Mrs. Kirby

Heather Delaine

Dorrie Kirby

Alec Finter

Det.-Sgt. Fothergill

Bruce Belfrage

B.B.C. Announcer

Grace Arnold

Dicky’s Mother

Robin Hughes

Selwyn Pike

Harry Purvis

Larry the Bull

Joey Carr

Shorty

Peter Mullins

Boy (uncredited)

Andrew Sachs

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Fred Wood

Congregation Member (uncredited)

T. E. B. Clarke

Screenplay

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

Ernest Irving

Conductor

Jeff Seaholme

Camera Operator

Stephen Dalby

Sound Recordist

Norman G. Arnold

Art Direction

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

Slim Hand

Unit Manager

Eric Williams

Sound Supervisor

Joseph Bato

Art Direction

Tony Rimmington

Draughtsman

Monty Berman

Camera Operator

Henry Cornelius

Associate Producer

Maurice Selwyn

Clapper Loader

Leslie Rowson

Camera Operator

Seth Holt

Assistant Editor

Mary Habberfield

Sound Editor

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