Off the Dole
5.2
Without a job, a young man is given the opportunity to run his ill uncle's private-detective agency. He finds himself mixed up with everything from an unfaithful husband who is a secret nudist to a schoolteacher who believes his pupil's father is beating him.
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Cast
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George Formby
John Willie
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Dan Young
The Inimitable Dude Comedian
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Constance Shotter
Sweet and Dainty
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Clifford McLaglen
A Villain And Proud Of It
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Beryl Formby
Grace, Charm, and Ability
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Tully Comber
Measured For His Part
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Wally Patch
Revels In His Part
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Poor Cow
Stan Pell
The Most Inoffensive Parson
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Stan Little
Little Jack
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Jimmy Plant
Crisp and Debonair
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Demobbed
Arthur L. Ward
Orchestra Leader
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Daisy Maynard
John Willie's Mother
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Arthur Mertz Director · George Formby Writer Denis Cantlay Editor
First release June 1, 1935 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Mancunian Films
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 1, 1935
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No release date listed for United States.
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