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{{For|the radio series|Hi Gang! (radio series)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Hi Gang!
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Marcel Varnel]]
| producer = [[Edward Black (producer)|Edward Black]]
| writer = {{ubl|Bebe Daniels (radio series)|Ben Lyon (radio series)|[[Marriott Edgar]]|[[Val Guest]]|[[J. O. C. Orton]]|[[Howard Irving Young]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Bebe Daniels]]|[[Ben Lyon]]|[[Vic Oliver]]|[[Moore Marriott]]}}
| music = [[Louis Levy]]
| cinematography = [[Jack E. Cox]]
| editing = [[R. E. Dearing]]
| studio = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]]
| released = 27 December 1941
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = [[English language|English]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Hi Gang!''''' is a 1941 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Bebe Daniels]], [[Ben Lyon]] and [[Vic Oliver]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221041/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/36358 BFI | Film & TV Database | HI, GANG! (1941)]</ref>

==Production==
It was a spin-off from the popular [[BBC]] radio series ''[[Hi Gang! (radio series)|Hi Gang!]]''. It was made by [[Gainsborough Pictures]] at [[Lime Grove Studios]]. The film's [[art direction]] was by [[Walter W. Murton]].

==Plot==
Two married reporters (Daniels and Lyon) in [[New York City]] working for rival [[radio network]]s engage in cut-throat competition, assisted by an incompetent with big ideas (Oliver). A [[publicity stunt]] by the couple to adopt a British [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuee]] boy live on air goes wrong and they end up adopting Albert (Moffatt) a rowdy pub landlord's son and his cantankerous Uncle Jerry (Marriott). The final third of the film sees them all travel to England in the mistaken belief that Albert is the son of Lord [[Amersham]].

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Bebe Daniels]] as The Liberty Girl
* [[Ben Lyon]] as Her Other Half
* [[Vic Oliver]] as The Nuisance with the Ideas
* [[Moore Marriott]] as Uncle Jerry
* [[Graham Moffatt]] as Albert Tomlin
* [[Felix Aylmer]] as Lord Amersham
* [[Percy Parsons]] as Hergensheimer
* [[Diana Beaumont]] as Hergensheimer's Secretary
* [[Jacques Brown]] as Botticelli
* [[Mavis Villiers]] as Botticelli's Secretary
* Maurice Rhodes as Little Ben
* Richard George as Policeman
* Georgina Mackinnon as Mrs Endicott
* [[MacDonald Parke]] as Attorney
* [[Esme Percy]] as Lord Chamberlain
* [[Ben Williams (actor)|Ben Williams]] as Elmer
}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Cook, Pam. ''Gainsborough Pictures''. Cassell, 1997.

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0033714}}

{{Marcel Varnel}}

[[Category:1941 films]]
[[Category:1941 comedy films]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Marcel Varnel]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:British films set in New York City]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Gainsborough Pictures films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Lime Grove Studios]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Publicity stunts in fiction]]

{{1940s-UK-comedy-film-stub}}