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Feb 15, 2021 · Part 1 of the Will Hay classic My Learned Friend (1943), in which Hay stars as a disbarred lawyer who encounters a former client he failed to save from going to jail (a superb Mervyn Johns). Johns lets him know that he plans to get murderous revenge on all those responsible for him ending up in prison, leading to Hay - along with trainee lawyer Claude Hulbert - in a race agianst time to ...
- February 15, 2021
- Paul Lamphrey
- 45 min
- 420
Feb 15, 2021 · Part 2 of the Will Hay film My Learned Friend (1943), in which Hay plays a disbarred lawyer who encounters a former client he failed to prevent going to jail (a superb Mervyn Johns). Johns vows revenge on all the people responsible for his imprisonment, which leads Hay - and fellow failed lawyer Claude Hulbert - in a race against time to stop him from preventing his task - mainly because Hay ...
- February 15, 2021
- Paul Lamphrey
- 26 min
- 282
My Learned Friend: Directed by Basil Dearden, Will Hay. With Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns, Lawrence Hanray. An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away.
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- Comedy, Thriller
- Basil Dearden, Will Hay
- 1943-10-25
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end. This black comedy suggests that, had he lived, Will Hay might have moved on to the darker corners of Ealing comedies...
Nov 12, 2012 · 12 November 2012. My Learned Friend (1943) StudioCanal. My Learned Friend (1943), Will Hay’s last film, is an unusual one. It perhaps signalled something of a change of direction for the comedian, towards darker, more adult territory. Made at Ealing, sharply scripted by Angus MacPhaill and John Dighton, and co-directed by Hay and Basil ...
If you thought that Kind Hearts and Coronets was Ealing Studios' only serial killer comedy, think again. This very amusing concoction from Will Hay and Basil Dearden teams up wiley Will with toff twerp Claude Hulbert as they bumble around trying to warn prospective victims of murderous lunatic Mervyn Johns. In its tight 74 minutes it rattles ...
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Fitch is on the list, and co-opts Claude Babbington to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.
