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- BFI identifier26736
- Date1941-09-01 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisStory of an inventor engaged in work on a new bombsight on his estate in Scotland, which he sends to the Air Ministry for testing. Unknown to the inventor his house and the cottage in its grounds are a hive of espionage activity. (Synopsis)
- Work historyIn the film's credits, the character played by Frank Cellier is called `John Forest' but in the film he is actually called `Ernest Forest'; while the character played by Catherine Lacey is called `Mrs Stokes' in the credits, but is called `Miss Stokes' in the film itself.
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- CreditsDirected by: Anthony Asquith
a Gainsborough picture: Gainsborough Pictures
Gaumont-British Picture Corpn. Ltd. pres: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
view all - CastLeslie Banks (John Barrington)
Alastair Sim ('Charles Dimble')
John Mills (Flight-Lieutenant George Perry)
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Title
Cottage to Let (Original)
Bombsight Stolen (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/31A4-18C6-3E80-53ED-00F3-TCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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Work - 26736 - 1941-09-01 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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