Old Bones of the River
6.3
Hay plays Professor Benjamin Tibbetts, representative of the Teaching & Welfare Institution for the Reformation of Pagans (otherwise known as T.W.I.R.P for short), and dedicated to spreading education amongst the natives of colonial Africa. As he arrives (still trying to learn the native language via recordings), Professor Tibbetts is tricked into sneaking a gin still into the country by a local prince. Later, Tibbetts makes his way to Kombooli High, where his students wear Eton collars alongside their native garb and Tibbetts finds himself sporting a mortarboard and safari shorts due to the heat. When the Commissioner falls ill with a dose of malaria, Tibbetts is forced to take over his duties, which include collecting the taxes. Upriver, he finds an old paddlesteamer operated by Harbottle (Moore Marriott) and Albert (Graham Moffatt) and the threesome rescue a baby from death by sacrifice.
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Will Hay
Prof. Benjamin Tibbetts
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Moore Marriott
Jerry Harbottle
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Graham Moffatt
Albert Brown
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Back-Room Boy
Robert Adams
Bosambo
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Caesar and Cleopatra
Sapphire
Jack London
M'Bapi
Wyndham Goldie
Commissioner Sanders
Known for
Night Train to Munich
Jack Livesey
Capt. Hamilton
Known for
That Touch of Mink
Patterns
Christopher Cozier
Native Child (uncredited)
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The Four Feathers
Eugene Cozier
Native Child (uncredited)
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Joan Cozier
Native Child (uncredited)
Joe Cozier
Native Child (uncredited)
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Napoleon Florent
Chief Tahiti (uncredited)
Marcel Varnel Director · Edgar Wallace Writer Val Guest Writer
First release December 1, 1938 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Gainsborough Pictures
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 1, 1938
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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