Show Flat

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Show Flat
Directed by Bernard Mainwaring
Written by
Produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan
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Production
company
Distributed by Paramount British Pictures
Release date
  • October 1936 (1936-10)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Show Flat is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Eileen Munro, Anthony Hankey and Clifford Heatherley. It was made at Shepperton Studios. [1] The screenplay concerns a struggling couple who take over a vacant flat in order to impress somebody by holding a dinner there.

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