I Didn't Do It (Original title)
Date: 23 July 1945 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Marcel Varnel
Synopsis: Stage struck George Trotter arrives at a theatrical boarding house and a scene of a murder. The murderer makes several attempts at framing George for the murder, then tries to murder him but is caught.
Genres: Comedy, Musical
Releases
Date: 1945Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8634 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1991 14 Jun 1945: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v64 n5199 13 Jun 1945
Title: [Today's Cinema - v64 n5199 13 Jun 1945: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v160 n2 14 Jul 1945
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v160 n2 14 Jul 1945: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v12 n139 July 1945 Page: 83
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v12 n139 July 1945: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-82894
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 900 FeetStock date: 1945BFI identifier: C-82896
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8718 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-82893
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8718 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-82892
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8721 FeetStock date: 1944BFI identifier: C-82890
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 8729 FeetStock date: 1944BFI identifier: C-82891
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Separation NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-82895
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 23 July 1945 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Marcel Varnel
Synopsis: Stage struck George Trotter arrives at a theatrical boarding house and a scene of a murder. The murderer makes several attempts at framing George for the murder, then tries to murder him but is caught.
Genres: Comedy, Musical
Releases
Date: 1945Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8634 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(40)
Made by: Columbia (British) Productions Ltd., Produced by: Marcel Varnel, Associate Producer: Ben Henry, Unit Manager: Tom Payne, Production Manager: Ernest Gartside, Assistant Director: Alf Keating, 2nd Assistant Director: V.B. Lyndon-Haynes, 3rd Assistant Director: Dennis Rose, Continuity: Peggy Singer, Assistant Continuity: Pamela Carlton, Original Story and Screen Play by: Howard Irving Young, Original Story and Screen Play by: Stephen Black, Norman Lee, With contributions from: Peter Fraser, Michael Vaughan, Photography: Roy Fogwell, Camera Work: Harry Rose, 2nd [Camera Operator: Alan J. Cullimore, Focus Puller: Dudley Lovell, Clapper Loader: J. Muir, A. Young, Stills: Charles Hale, Film Editor: Douglas Robertson, Film Cutter: May Dennington, Assistant Editor: Jules Zampi, Art Director: George Provis, Assistant Art Director: Tom Goswell, Draughtsman: A.L. Scott, Draughtsman: Iris Newell, H. Sander, Dress Designs: Dorothy Broomham, Chief Make-up: George Claff, Hair Styles: Nora Bentley, Music Director: Harry Bidgood, Sound Supervisor: B.C. Sewell, Recordist: M.R. Hobbs, Boom Operator: Robert T. MacPhee, Sound System: British Acoustic Sound System, Made at: Gainsborough Studios
Cast
(17)
George Formby (George Trotter), Caryl (Tiger Tubbs), Mundy (Ma Tubbs), Gaston Palmer (Le Grand Gaston), Jack Daly (Terry O'Rourke), Carl Jaffé (Hilary Vance), Marjorie Browne (Betty Dickson), Wally Patch (Detective Sergeant Carp), Ian Fleming (Chief Inspector Twyning), Vincent Holman (Erasmus Montague), Dennis Wyndham (Tom Driscoll), Gordon McLeod (Superintendent Belstock), Merle Tottenham (Tessie), Georgina Cookson (Willow Thane), Jack Raine (J.B. Cato), The Boswell Twins (twins), Laidman Browne ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1991 14 Jun 1945Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1991 14 Jun 1945: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v64 n5199 13 Jun 1945
Title: [Today's Cinema - v64 n5199 13 Jun 1945: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v160 n2 14 Jul 1945
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v160 n2 14 Jul 1945: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v12 n139 July 1945 Page: 83
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v12 n139 July 1945: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-82894
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 900 FeetStock date: 1945BFI identifier: C-82896
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8718 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-82893
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8718 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-82892
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8721 FeetStock date: 1944BFI identifier: C-82890
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 8729 FeetStock date: 1944BFI identifier: C-82891
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Separation NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-82895
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film