Where There's a Will
6.3
Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities
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Cast
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Will Hay
Benjamin Stubbins
Also in
Oh, Mr. Porter!
Ask a Policeman
H.F. Maltby
Sir Roger Wimpleton
Known for
Young and Innocent
Norma Varden
Lady Margaret Wimpleton
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
Strangers on a Train
Peggy Simpson
Barbara Stubbins
Known for
The 39 Steps
Gibb McLaughlin
Martin, The Butler
Known for
The Farmer's Wife
The Lavender Hill Mob
Gina Malo
Goldie Kelly
Also in
The Door with Seven Locks
The Private Life of Don Juan
Hartley Power
Duke Wilson
Known for
Roman Holiday
The Million Pound Note
Eddie Houghton
Slug Riley
No other roles listed
Hal Walters
Nick Harris
Known for
The Four Feathers
Sybil Brooke
Mrs Peabody, Landlady
Also in
Passenger to London
The Villiers Diamond
Davina Whitehouse
Lucie, The Maid
Known for
Braindead
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Graham Moffatt
Willie, The Office Boy
Also in
Oh, Mr. Porter!
Ask a Policeman
William Beaudine Director · Will Hay Screenplay Robert Edmunds Screenplay
First release August 10, 1936 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Gainsborough Pictures
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 10, 1936
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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