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Forces' Sweetheart (Original title)
Date: 15 October 1953 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Maclean Rogers

Synopsis: Singer Judy James becomes involved in a new show after she has returned from entertaining troops in Korea.

Genres:
Comedy, Musical

Subjects:
Singers, Army
Releases
Date: 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 76 mins Length: 6912 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (20)
Presents: E.J. Fancey Productions, Distributed by: New Realm Pictures Ltd., Produced by: E.J. Fancey, Assistant Director: James Shingfield, Continuity: Kathleen Sinnott, Director of Photography: Geoffrey Faithfull, Camera Operator: Leo Rogers, Editor: Peter Mayhew, Art Director: John Stoll, Make-up: Gerry Fairbank, Musical Numbers by: Wilfred Burns, Musical Numbers by: Ralph Reader, Manlio Di Veroli, Musical Director: Wilfred Burns, Dances Arranged by: Leslie Roberts, [Sound] Recordist: Jack Miller, Sound Re-recording: Peter T. Davies, Sound System: RCA Sound Recording, Produced at: Walton-on-Thames Nettlefold Studios
Cast (20)
Hy Hazell (Judy James), Harry Secombe (Private Harry Llewellyn), Michael Bentine (Flt-Lieut. John Robinson R.A.F.), Freddie Frinton (Aloysius Dimwitty), John Ainsworth (Lt John Robinson R.N.), Kenneth Henry (Tommy Tupp), John Fitzgerald (producer), Adrienne Scott (Audrey), Graham Stark (Simmonds the porter), Molly Weir (Scots maid), Leslie Roberts' Twelve Television Girls, Michael McCarthy (plumber), Russ Allen (Army C.O.), Pat Hagan (2nd plumber), Gordon Harris (1st P.C.), Robert Sydney (2nd P.C.), Ronald Leigh-Hunt (Navy C.O), Gordon Craig (air mechanic), Alistair Hunter (Scottish ghillie), Edgar Driver (taxi driver)