Hey! Hey! U.S.A.! (1938)

Film details

Featuring

Will Hay Edgar Kennedy David Burns
Director

Marcel Varnel
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1938
Genre

Comedy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Anglo-American gangster comedy burlesque. Dr Twist has left his old school under a cloud and is now a dockside porter. One day he carries aboard the luggage of a notorious gangster and, after being drugged, soon finds himself involved with a criminal gang who plan to kidnap the spoilt son of a wealthy businessman. Posing as an eminent professor, Twist must work with a gangster stowaway to keep from being arrested for having no ticket - and once they reach America, he tries to keep beyond the reach of the police and the gangsters while helping to save the boy.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Benjamin Twist
    
    Will Hay
  - Bugs Leary
    
    Edgar Kennedy
  - Tony Ricardo
    
    David Burns
  - Ace Marco
    
    Ryan, Eddie
  - Cyrus Schultz
    
    Fred Duprez
  - Mrs Schultz
    
    Paddy Reynolds
  - Bertie Schultz
    
    Tommy Bupp
  - William Henry 'Gloves' Johnson
    
    Arthur Goullet
  - ship's steward
    
    Gibb McLaughlin
  - broadcast announcer
    
    Eddie Pola
  - ship's captain
    
    Peter Gawthorne (uncredited)
  - boy on dockside
    
    Roddy McDowall (uncredited)
  - McGuire, cop in jailhouse
    
    Danny Green (uncredited)
  - man on phone
    
    Hugh McDermott (uncredited)
  - Fletcher
    
    Percy Parsons (uncredited)
  - member of Marco's gang
    
    John Salew (uncredited)
Credits
- Direction:
  - Directed by
    
    Marcel Varnel
  Production:
  - A Gainsborough Picture
    
    Gainsborough Pictures
  - Presents
    
    Gaumont-British Picture Corpn. Ltd.
  - Producer
    
    Edward Black (uncredited)
  - Made at
    
    Islington
  Writing:
  - Scenario
    
    Orton, J.O.C.
  - Dialogue
    
    Edgar, Marriott
  - Dialogue
    
    Val Guest
  - Based on an original story by
    
    Jack Swain
  - Author of the Original Work
    
    Howard Irving Young (uncredited)
  - Author of the Original Work
    
    Ralph Smart (uncredited)
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Arthur Crabtree
  Editing:
  - Editing
    
    R.E. Dearing
  Design:
  - Settings
    
    Vetchinsky
  Music:
  - Musical Director
    
    Louis Levy
  Sound:
  - Recording
    
    Salter, W.
  - Recorded on
    
    British Acoustic Film