Partners in Crime (1942 film)

Partners in Crime
Directed by	Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder
Written by	Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder
Starring	Irene Handl Robert Morley Charles Victor
Cinematography	Jack E. Cox
Edited by	Alfred Roome
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	National Filrm Service
Release date	1942 (1942)
Running time	9 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Partners in Crime is a 1942 British short propaganda film directed and written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder. ^{[1] [2]} It was produced for the Ministry of Information by Gainsborough Pictures. It delivers a reprimand to housewives meddling in the black market.

Plot

A burglar breaks into a house, and subsequently sells the stolen goods to a fence in a pub. Mrs Wilson buys black market meat from her butcher, and this transaction is portrayed as a parallel to that between the burglar and fence. The fence is arrested and tried before a judge. After the closing titles of the film the judge breaks the fourth wall and sternly addresses a warning the audience, which includes Mrs Wilson.

Cast

This information is from the British Film Institute. ^[1] There are no cast credits in the film itself.

• Irene Handl as Mrs Wilson
• Robert Morley as judge
• Charles Victor
• Frederick Burtwell

Availability

Although unavailable on home media, it can be freely viewed in the UK at the British Film Institute's Mediatheque, or on their YouTube channel. ^[3]

References

1. "Partners in Crime". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
2. "Partners in Crime". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 9 (97): 77. 1 January 1942. ProQuest   1305803237.
3. "Mediatheque Films Around the UK". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.

External links

• Partners in Crime at IMDb
• Partners in Crime on the BFI YouTube channel