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	~~\| name = Convict 99~~
	\| image = Convict 99.jpg		\| image = Convict 99.jpg
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	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| director = [[Marcel Varnel]]		\| director = [[Marcel Varnel]]
	\| producer = [[w:Edward Black (producer)\|Edward Black]]		\| producer = [[Edward Black (producer)\|Edward Black]]
	\| writer = {{ubl\|[[Cyril Campion]]\|Jack Davis Jr\|[[Marriott Edgar]]\|[[Val Guest]]\|[[Ralph Smart]]}}		\| writer = {{ubl\|[[Cyril Campion]]\|Jack Davis Jr\|[[Marriott Edgar]]\|[[Val Guest]]\|[[Ralph Smart]]}}
	\| narrator =		\| narrator =
	\| starring = {{ubl\|[[Will Hay]]\|[[Graham Moffatt]]\|[[Moore Marriott]]\|[[Googie Withers]]}}		\| starring = {{ubl\|[[Will Hay]]\|[[Graham Moffatt]]\|[[Moore Marriott]]\|[[Googie Withers]]}}
	\| music =		\| music =
	\| cinematography = [[w:Arthur Crabtree\|Arthur Crabtree]]		\| cinematography = [[Arthur Crabtree\|Arthur Crabtree]]
	\| editing = [[w:R. E. Dearing\|R. E. Dearing]]		\| editing = [[R. E. Dearing\|R. E. Dearing]]
	\| distributor = [[w:Gainsborough Pictures\|Gainsborough Pictures]]		\| distributor = [[Gainsborough Pictures\|Gainsborough Pictures]]
	\| released = 26 September 1938		\| released = 26 September 1938
	\| runtime = 91 minutes		\| runtime = 91 minutes
	\| country = [[w:United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]]		\| country = [[United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]]
	\| language = [[w:English language\|English]]		\| language = [[English language\|English]]
	\| budget =		\| budget =
	}}		}}
	'''''Convict 99''''' is a 1938 British [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Will Hay]], [[Moore Marriott]], [[Graham Moffatt]] and [[Googie Withers]].		'''''Convict 99''''' is a 1938 British [[comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Will Hay]], [[Moore Marriott]], [[Graham Moffatt]] and [[Googie Withers]].

	==Plot==		==Plot==
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	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070213195942/http://www.theprisonfilmproject.com/prisonfilmanalysis/filmlist/convict99.htm Analysis of ''Convict 99'' as a prison movie]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070213195942/http://www.theprisonfilmproject.com/prisonfilmanalysis/filmlist/convict99.htm Analysis of ''Convict 99'' as a prison movie]
	* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/444305/index.html Screenonline Review]		* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/444305/index.html Screenonline Review]

	~~{{Marcel Varnel}}~~
	~~{{Marriott Edgar}}~~

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	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| director = [[Marcel Varnel]]		\| director = [[Marcel Varnel]]
	\| producer = [[Edward Black (producer)\|Edward Black]]		\| producer = [[w:Edward Black (producer)\|Edward Black]]
	\| writer = {{ubl\|[[Cyril Campion]]\|Jack Davis Jr\|[[Marriott Edgar]]\|[[Val Guest]]\|[[Ralph Smart]]}}		\| writer = {{ubl\|[[Cyril Campion]]\|Jack Davis Jr\|[[Marriott Edgar]]\|[[Val Guest]]\|[[Ralph Smart]]}}
	\| narrator =		\| narrator =
	\| starring = {{ubl\|[[Will Hay]]\|[[Graham Moffatt]]\|[[Moore Marriott]]\|[[Googie Withers]]}}		\| starring = {{ubl\|[[Will Hay]]\|[[Graham Moffatt]]\|[[Moore Marriott]]\|[[Googie Withers]]}}
	\| music =		\| music =
	\| cinematography = [[Arthur Crabtree]]		\| cinematography = [[w:Arthur Crabtree\|Arthur Crabtree]]
	\| editing = [[R. E. Dearing]]		\| editing = [[w:R. E. Dearing\|R. E. Dearing]]
	\| distributor = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]		\| distributor = [[w:Gainsborough Pictures\|Gainsborough Pictures]]
	\| released = 26 September 1938		\| released = 26 September 1938
	\| runtime = 91 minutes		\| runtime = 91 minutes
	\| country = [[United Kingdom]]		\| country = [[w:United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]]
	\| language = [[English language\|English]]		\| language = [[w:English language\|English]]
	\| budget =		\| budget =
	}}		}}
	'''''Convict 99''''' is a 1938 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Will Hay]], [[Moore Marriott]], [[Graham Moffatt]] and [[Googie Withers]].		'''''Convict 99''''' is a 1938 British [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Will Hay]], [[Moore Marriott]], [[Graham Moffatt]] and [[Googie Withers]].

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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{{short description|1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel}}
{{other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Convict 99
| image = Convict 99.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Marcel Varnel]]
| producer = [[Edward Black (producer)|Edward Black]]
| writer = {{ubl|[[Cyril Campion]]|Jack Davis Jr|[[Marriott Edgar]]|[[Val Guest]]|[[Ralph Smart]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Will Hay]]|[[Graham Moffatt]]|[[Moore Marriott]]|[[Googie Withers]]}}
| music =
| cinematography = [[Arthur Crabtree]]
| editing = [[R. E. Dearing]]
| distributor = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]
| released = 26 September 1938
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| budget =
}}
'''''Convict 99''''' is a 1938 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Will Hay]], [[Moore Marriott]], [[Graham Moffatt]] and [[Googie Withers]].

==Plot==
Incompetent [[Dr Benjamin Twist]] ([[Will Hay]]) is dismissed from his job as headmaster at St. Michael's School (the school returns in a later film ''[[The Ghost of St. Michael's]]''), and applies for a job in another school.

Going for interview, he is called into another office where they are expecting John Benjamin, a strict [[prison governor]] recently arrived from [[Australia]] who is applying for the vacancy at Blackdown Prison in [[Devon]]. On the way to what Twist believes is the school, he becomes drunk, and on arrival is mistaken for Max Slessor, a prisoner who had escaped during a jailbreak.

Designated Convict 99 and in for seven years for [[forgery]], Twist is soon discovered to be the new Prison Governor, and once put in his (dubiously) rightful place embarks on a programme to make the prison a more friendly place for the prisoners, funding it from the proceeds of a [[football pools]] win and stock market investments.

Things take a turn for the worse, when the recaptured Slessor escapes again with a signed cheque. Altering the figures, he draws the entire prison funds from the bank. Twist and some of the convicts head in a prison van to [[Limehouse]], in east [[London]], to catch Slessor, recover the lost funds and then successfully break into the bank in the middle of the night to return the money.

==Cast==
* [[Will Hay]] - [[Dr Benjamin Twist]]
* [[Moore Marriott]] - Jerry the Mole
* [[Graham Moffatt]] - Albert
* [[Googie Withers]] - Lottie "the Baroness"
* [[Peter Gawthorne]] - Sir Cyril
* [[Basil Radford]] - Deputy Governor
* [[Dennis Wyndham]] - Head Warder
* [[Wilfred Walter]] - Max Slessor
* [[Alf Goddard]] - Sykes
* Basil McGrail - Bates
* [[Kathleen Harrison]] - Mable
* [[Roddy McDowall]] - Jimmy
* [[Teddy Brown]] - Slim Charlie
* [[Bertha Belmore]] - Tiara Lady
* [[George Merritt (actor)|George Merritt]] - Patrolman
* [[Roy Emerton]] - John Benjamin
* [[Leonard Sharp (actor)|Leonard Sharp]] - Convict
* [[Garry Marsh]] - Johnson

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0031178|title=Convict 99}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070213195942/http://www.theprisonfilmproject.com/prisonfilmanalysis/filmlist/convict99.htm Analysis of ''Convict 99'' as a prison movie]
* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/444305/index.html Screenonline Review]

{{Marcel Varnel}}
{{Marriott Edgar}}

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[[Category:1938 films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Marcel Varnel]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Films set in Devon]]
[[Category:Gainsborough Pictures films]]
[[Category:1938 comedy films]]
[[Category:Prison comedy films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Marriott Edgar]]
[[Category:1930s British films]]