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Poor Old Bill

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Poor Old Bill
Directed byMonty Banks
Screenplay byVal Valentine
Based onan original story by Lola Harvey
& Syd Courtenay
Produced byWalter C. Mycroft
StarringLeslie Fuller
Iris Ashley
Syd Courtenay
CinematographyClaude Friese-Greene
Production
company
Distributed byWardour 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]

Premise

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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

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Critical reception

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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

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  1. ^ "POOR OLD BILL (SYNCHRONISED) - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.
  2. ^ BFI.org
  3. ^ a b "Poor Old Bill". TVGuide.com.

Bibliography

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  • Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929–1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
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