Hey! Hey! U.S.A.! (Original title)
Date: 1938 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Marcel Varnel
Synopsis: Anglo-American gangster comedy burlesque. Dr Twist has left his old school under a cloud and is now a dockside porter. One day he carries aboard the luggage of a notorious gangster and, after being drugged, soon finds himself involved with a criminal gang who plan to kidnap the spoilt son of a wealthy businessman. Posing as an eminent professor, Twist must work with a gangster stowaway to keep from being arrested for having no ticket - and once they reach America, he tries to keep beyond the reach of the police and the gangsters while helping to save the boy.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1938Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 92 mins Length: 8238 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Today's Cinema - v76 n6230 16 Apr 1951: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Motion Picture Herald v133 n4 22 Oct 1938
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v133 n4 22 Oct 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v5 n57 September 1938 Page: 218
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v5 n57 September 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v20 n521 8 Oct 1938 Page: 23
Title: [Film Weekly - v20 n521 8 Oct 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1641 29 Sep 1938
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1641 29 Sep 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v51 n4023 22 Sep 1938
Title: [Today's Cinema - v51 n4023 22 Sep 1938: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8317 FeetBFI identifier: C-77323
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8317 FeetBFI identifier: C-77323
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8281 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-77326
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8294 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-77327
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8292 FeetBFI identifier: C-77324
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8292 FeetBFI identifier: C-77325
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1938 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Marcel Varnel
Synopsis: Anglo-American gangster comedy burlesque. Dr Twist has left his old school under a cloud and is now a dockside porter. One day he carries aboard the luggage of a notorious gangster and, after being drugged, soon finds himself involved with a criminal gang who plan to kidnap the spoilt son of a wealthy businessman. Posing as an eminent professor, Twist must work with a gangster stowaway to keep from being arrested for having no ticket - and once they reach America, he tries to keep beyond the reach of the police and the gangsters while helping to save the boy.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1938Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 92 mins Length: 8238 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(17)
A Gainsborough Picture: Gainsborough Pictures, Presents: Gaumont-British Picture Corpn. Ltd., Producer: Edward Black, Scenario: J.O.C. Orton, Dialogue: Val Guest, Dialogue: Marriott Edgar, Author of the Original Work: Ralph Smart, Based on an original story by: Jack Swain, Author of the Original Work: Howard Irving Young, Photography: Arthur Crabtree, Editing: R.E. Dearing, Settings: Vetchinsky, Musical Director: Louis Levy, Recording: W. Salter, Recorded on: British Acoustic Film, Made at: Islington
Cast
(16)
Will Hay (Benjamin Twist), Edgar Kennedy (Bugs Leary), David Burns (Tony Ricardo), Eddie Ryan (Ace Marco), Fred Duprez (Cyrus Schultz), Paddy Reynolds (Mrs Schultz), Tommy Bupp (Bertie Schultz), Arthur Goullet (William Henry 'Gloves' Johnson), Gibb McLaughlin (ship's steward), Eddie Pola (broadcast announcer), Peter Gawthorne (ship's captain), Roddy McDowall (boy on dockside), Danny Green (McGuire, cop in jailhouse), Hugh McDermott (man on phone), Percy Parsons (Fletcher), John Salew (member of Marco's gang)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
In: Today's Cinema v76 n6230 16 Apr 1951 Page: 8Title: [Today's Cinema - v76 n6230 16 Apr 1951: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Motion Picture Herald v133 n4 22 Oct 1938
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v133 n4 22 Oct 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v5 n57 September 1938 Page: 218
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v5 n57 September 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v20 n521 8 Oct 1938 Page: 23
Title: [Film Weekly - v20 n521 8 Oct 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1641 29 Sep 1938
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1641 29 Sep 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v51 n4023 22 Sep 1938
Title: [Today's Cinema - v51 n4023 22 Sep 1938: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8317 FeetBFI identifier: C-77323
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8317 FeetBFI identifier: C-77323
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8281 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-77326
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8294 FeetStock date: 1978BFI identifier: C-77327
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8292 FeetBFI identifier: C-77324
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8292 FeetBFI identifier: C-77325
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film