Poor Old Bill

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Poor Old Bill
Directed by Monty Banks
Screenplay by Val Valentine
Based onan original story by Lola Harvey
& Syd Courtenay
Produced by Walter C. Mycroft
Starring Leslie Fuller
Iris Ashley
Syd Courtenay
Cinematography Claude Friese-Greene
Production
company
Distributed by Wardour Films (UK)
Release date
  • 22 June 1931 (1931-06-22)(UK)
Running time
51 minutes [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Poor Old Bill is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Leslie Fuller, Iris Ashley and Syd Courtenay. [2] It marked the film debut of a very young Peter Lawford, playing the child of the main character, Bill (Leslie Fuller). [3]

Contents

Premise

A man sponges off an old comrade from the First World War who believes he has saved his life during the war, although this ultimately proves not to be true.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film one out of four stars, calling it an "Interesting conception for a farce," but concluded that, "Unfortunately, the idea is carried on much too long, stretching what little material there is." [3]

References

  1. "POOR OLD BILL (SYNCHRONISED) - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018.
  2. BFI.org
  3. 1 2 "Poor Old Bill". TVGuide.com.

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