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	{{Infobox film		{{Infobox film
	~~\| name = It's That Man Again~~
	\| image = It's That Man Again 1943 film lobby card.jpg		\| image = It's That Man Again 1943 film lobby card.jpg
	~~\| image_size =~~
	\| caption = Cinema lobby card		\| caption = Cinema lobby card
	\| director = [[w:Walter Forde\|Walter Forde]]		\| director = [[Walter Forde\|Walter Forde]]
	\| producer = [[w:Edward Black (producer)\|Edward Black]]		\| producer = [[Edward Black (producer)\|Edward Black]]
	\| screenplay = [[~~w:Howard Irving Young\|~~Howard Irving Young]]<br>& [[~~w:Ted Kavanagh\|~~Ted Kavanagh]]		\| screenplay = [[Howard Irving Young]]<br>& [[Ted Kavanagh]]
	\| based_on = the [[~~w:BBC radio\|~~BBC radio]] series by Ted Kavanagh		\| based_on = the [[BBC radio]] series by Ted Kavanagh
	\| story =		\| story =
	\| narrator =		\| narrator =
	\| starring = [[Tommy Handley]]<br> [[~~w:Greta Gynt\|~~Greta Gynt]]<br>[[Jack Train]]		\| starring = [[Tommy Handley]]<br> [[Greta Gynt]]<br>[[Jack Train]]
	\| music = [[~~w:Hans May\|~~Hans May]] (original music)<br>[[~~w:Louis Levy\|~~Louis Levy]] (musical direction)		\| music = [[Hans May]] (original music)<br>[[Louis Levy]] (musical direction)
	\| cinematography = [[w:Basil Emmott\|Basil Emmott]]		\| cinematography = [[Basil Emmott\|Basil Emmott]]
	\| editing = [[w:R. E. Dearing\|R. E. Dearing]]		\| editing = [[R. E. Dearing\|R. E. Dearing]]
	\| studio = [[~~w:Gainsborough Pictures\|~~Gainsborough Pictures]]		\| studio = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]
	\| distributor = [[~~w:General Film Distributors\|~~General Film Distributors]] {{small\|(UK)}}		\| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]] {{small\|(UK)}}
	\| released = {{Film date~~\|df=yes~~\|1943\|02\|10}}<ref>{{cite news \|title=Non-Stop Revue \|work=The Times \|date=10 February 1943 \|page=6}}</ref>		\| released = {{Film date\|1943\|02\|10\|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite news \|title=Non-Stop Revue \|work=The Times \|date=10 February 1943 \|page=6}}</ref>
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| runtime = 84 minutes		\| runtime = 84 minutes
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	}}		}}
	'''''It's That Man Again''''' is a 1943 British [[~~w:comedy film\|~~comedy film]] directed by [[~~w:Walter Forde\|~~Walter Forde]] and starring [[Tommy Handley]], [[~~w:Greta Gynt\|~~Greta Gynt]] and [[Jack Train]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65699\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221021/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65699\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2009-01-13\|title=It's That Man Again (1943)\|publisher=}}</ref> It was based on Handley's radio show ''[[It's That Man Again]]''. In the film, the mayor of a small town lends his assistance to some drama students.		'''''It's That Man Again''''' is a 1943 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Tommy Handley]], [[Greta Gynt]] and [[Jack Train]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65699\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221021/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65699\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2009-01-13\|title=It's That Man Again (1943)\|publisher=}}</ref> It was based on Handley's radio show ''[[It's That Man Again]]''. In the film, the mayor of a small town lends his assistance to some drama students.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
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	==Cast==		==Cast==
	* [[Tommy Handley]] ... Mayor Handley		* [[Tommy Handley]] ... Mayor Handley
	* [[w:Greta Gynt\|Greta Gynt]] ... Stella Ferris		* [[Greta Gynt\|Greta Gynt]] ... Stella Ferris
	* [[Jack Train]] ... Lefty/Funf		* [[Jack Train]] ... Lefty/Funf
	* Sydney Keith ... Sam Scram		* Sydney Keith ... Sam Scram
	* Horace Percival ... Alley-Oop/Cecil		* Horace Percival ... Alley-Oop/Cecil
	* [[w:Claude Baile\|y]] ... C.B. Cato		* [[Claude Baile\|y]] ... C.B. Cato
	* Franklyn Bennett ... Hilary Craven		* Franklyn Bennett ... Hilary Craven
	* [[w:Vera Frances\|Vera Frances]] ... Daisy		* [[Vera Frances\|Vera Frances]] ... Daisy
	* [[w:Dino Galvani\|Dino Galvani]] ... Signor Soso		* [[Dino Galvani\|Dino Galvani]] ... Signor Soso
	* [[Jean Kent]] ... Kitty		* [[Jean Kent]] ... Kitty
	* [[w:Leonard Sharp (actor)\|Leonard Sharp]] ... Claude		* [[Leonard Sharp (actor)\|Leonard Sharp]] ... Claude
	* Dorothy Summers ... Mrs. Mopp		* Dorothy Summers ... Mrs. Mopp
	* Clarence Wright ... Clarence		* Clarence Wright ... Clarence
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	==Critical reception==		==Critical reception==
	''[[w:TV Guide\|TV Guide]]'' wrote: "This wartime comedy has some genuinely funny moments but never rises to the fevered pitch that would really give it the needed craziness. The story is taken from a delightfully loopy British radio show, but the translation to screen just doesn't work".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/its-that-man-again/review/102413/\|title=It's That Man Again\|publisher=}}</ref> ''[[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]]'' has called it "disappointing," commenting on Tommy Handley, "the Liverpool-born comic's fast-talking style felt forced when shackled to the demands of a storyline, and his weaknesses as a physical comedian restricted the type of business he was able to carry off. Thus, while casting him as the devious mayor of Foaming-at-the-Mouth seemed sound enough, the events that follow his acquisition of a bombed-out London theatre feel like so much padding."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/cns7w/its-that-man-again\|title=It's That Man Again - Film from Radio Times\|publisher=}}</ref> ''The Spinning Image'' was more positive, "if you approached it as a British predecessor to the Hollywood cult comedy ''[[w:Hellzapoppin' (film)\|Hellzapoppin']]'' then you would have some idea of what to expect, with Handley demonstrating his dazzling ability with wordplay, reeling off the puns at a dizzying rate...Anarchic was the word to apply here, with the show they manage to get off the ground for the finale surprisingly hilarious in its throwing in everything but the kitchen sink style of laughs; before that it was patchily amusing, but engaging enough. As a record of a comedy phenomenon – twenty-two million listeners, as the titles proclaim – this was invaluable."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10199\|title=It’s That Man Again Review (1943)\|publisher=}}</ref>		''[[TV Guide\|TV Guide]]'' wrote: "This wartime comedy has some genuinely funny moments but never rises to the fevered pitch that would really give it the needed craziness. The story is taken from a delightfully loopy British radio show, but the translation to screen just doesn't work".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/its-that-man-again/review/102413/\|title=It's That Man Again\|publisher=}}</ref> ''[[Radio Times\|Radio Times]]'' has called it "disappointing," commenting on Tommy Handley, "the Liverpool-born comic's fast-talking style felt forced when shackled to the demands of a storyline, and his weaknesses as a physical comedian restricted the type of business he was able to carry off. Thus, while casting him as the devious mayor of Foaming-at-the-Mouth seemed sound enough, the events that follow his acquisition of a bombed-out London theatre feel like so much padding."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/cns7w/its-that-man-again\|title=It's That Man Again - Film from Radio Times\|publisher=}}</ref> ''The Spinning Image'' was more positive, "if you approached it as a British predecessor to the Hollywood cult comedy ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)\|Hellzapoppin']]'' then you would have some idea of what to expect, with Handley demonstrating his dazzling ability with wordplay, reeling off the puns at a dizzying rate...Anarchic was the word to apply here, with the show they manage to get off the ground for the finale surprisingly hilarious in its throwing in everything but the kitchen sink style of laughs; before that it was patchily amusing, but engaging enough. As a record of a comedy phenomenon – twenty-two million listeners, as the titles proclaim – this was invaluable."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10199\|title=It’s That Man Again Review (1943)\|publisher=}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	{{Infobox film		{{Infobox film
	\| name = It's That Man Again		\| name = It's That Man Again
	\| image = It'~~s_That_Man_Again_(1943_film)~~.jpg		\| image = It's That Man Again 1943 film lobby card.jpg
	\| image_size =		\| image_size =
	\| caption = ~~Opening title~~ card		\| caption = Cinema lobby card
	\| director = [[Walter Forde]]		\| director = [[w:Walter Forde\|Walter Forde]]
	\| producer = [[Edward Black (producer)\|Edward Black]]		\| producer = [[w:Edward Black (producer)\|Edward Black]]
	\| screenplay = [[Howard Irving Young]]<br>& [[Ted Kavanagh]]		\| screenplay = [[w:Howard Irving Young\|Howard Irving Young]]<br>& [[w:Ted Kavanagh\|Ted Kavanagh]]
	\| based_on = the [[BBC radio]] series by Ted Kavanagh		\| based_on = the [[w:BBC radio\|BBC radio]] series by Ted Kavanagh
	\| story =		\| story =
	\| narrator =		\| narrator =
	\| starring = [[Tommy Handley]]<br> [[Greta Gynt]]<br>[[Jack Train]]		\| starring = [[Tommy Handley]]<br> [[w:Greta Gynt\|Greta Gynt]]<br>[[Jack Train]]
	\| music = [[Hans May]] (original music)<br>[[Louis Levy]] (musical direction)		\| music = [[w:Hans May\|Hans May]] (original music)<br>[[w:Louis Levy\|Louis Levy]] (musical direction)
	\| cinematography = [[Basil Emmott]]		\| cinematography = [[w:Basil Emmott\|Basil Emmott]]
	\| editing = [[R. E. Dearing]]		\| editing = [[w:R. E. Dearing\|R. E. Dearing]]
	\| studio = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]		\| studio = [[w:Gainsborough Pictures\|Gainsborough Pictures]]
	\| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]] {{small\|(UK)}}		\| distributor = [[w:General Film Distributors\|General Film Distributors]] {{small\|(UK)}}
	\| released = {{Film date\|df=yes\|1943\|02\|10}}<ref>{{cite news \|title=Non-Stop Revue \|work=The Times \|date=10 February 1943 \|page=6}}</ref>		\| released = {{Film date\|df=yes\|1943\|02\|10}}<ref>{{cite news \|title=Non-Stop Revue \|work=The Times \|date=10 February 1943 \|page=6}}</ref>
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
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	}}		}}
	'''''It's That Man Again''''' is a 1943 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Tommy Handley]], [[Greta Gynt]] and [[Jack Train]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65699\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221021/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65699\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2009-01-13\|title=It's That Man Again (1943)\|publisher=}}</ref> It was based on Handley's radio show ''[[It's That Man Again]]''. In the film, the mayor of a small town lends his assistance to some drama students.		'''''It's That Man Again''''' is a 1943 British [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[w:Walter Forde\|Walter Forde]] and starring [[Tommy Handley]], [[w:Greta Gynt\|Greta Gynt]] and [[Jack Train]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65699\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221021/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65699\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2009-01-13\|title=It's That Man Again (1943)\|publisher=}}</ref> It was based on Handley's radio show ''[[It's That Man Again]]''. In the film, the mayor of a small town lends his assistance to some drama students.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
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	==Cast==		==Cast==
	* [[Tommy Handley]] ... Mayor Handley		* [[Tommy Handley]] ... Mayor Handley
	* [[Greta Gynt]] ... Stella Ferris		* [[w:Greta Gynt\|Greta Gynt]] ... Stella Ferris
	* [[Jack Train]] ... Lefty/Funf		* [[Jack Train]] ... Lefty/Funf
	* Sydney Keith ... Sam Scram		* Sydney Keith ... Sam Scram
	* Horace Percival ... Alley-Oop/Cecil		* Horace Percival ... Alley-Oop/Cecil
	* [[Claude ~~Bailey~~]] ... C.B. Cato		* [[w:Claude Baile\|y]] ... C.B. Cato
	* Franklyn Bennett ... Hilary Craven		* Franklyn Bennett ... Hilary Craven
	* [[Vera Frances]] ... Daisy		* [[w:Vera Frances\|Vera Frances]] ... Daisy
	* [[Dino Galvani]] ... Signor Soso		* [[w:Dino Galvani\|Dino Galvani]] ... Signor Soso
	* [[Jean Kent]] ... Kitty		* [[Jean Kent]] ... Kitty
	* [[Leonard Sharp (actor)\|Leonard Sharp]] ... Claude		* [[w:Leonard Sharp (actor)\|Leonard Sharp]] ... Claude
	* Dorothy Summers ... Mrs. Mopp		* Dorothy Summers ... Mrs. Mopp
	* Clarence Wright ... Clarence		* Clarence Wright ... Clarence
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	==Critical reception==		==Critical reception==
	''[[TV Guide]]'' wrote: "This wartime comedy has some genuinely funny moments but never rises to the fevered pitch that would really give it the needed craziness. The story is taken from a delightfully loopy British radio show, but the translation to screen just doesn't work".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/its-that-man-again/review/102413/\|title=It's That Man Again\|publisher=}}</ref> ''[[Radio Times]]'' has called it "disappointing," commenting on Tommy Handley, "the Liverpool-born comic's fast-talking style felt forced when shackled to the demands of a storyline, and his weaknesses as a physical comedian restricted the type of business he was able to carry off. Thus, while casting him as the devious mayor of Foaming-at-the-Mouth seemed sound enough, the events that follow his acquisition of a bombed-out London theatre feel like so much padding."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/cns7w/its-that-man-again\|title=It's That Man Again - Film from ~~RadioTimes~~\|publisher=}}</ref> ''The Spinning Image'' was more positive, "if you approached it as a British predecessor to the Hollywood cult comedy ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)\|Hellzapoppin']]'' then you would have some idea of what to expect, with Handley demonstrating his dazzling ability with wordplay, reeling off the puns at a dizzying rate...Anarchic was the word to apply here, with the show they manage to get off the ground for the finale surprisingly hilarious in its throwing in everything but the kitchen sink style of laughs; before that it was patchily amusing, but engaging enough. As a record of a comedy phenomenon – twenty-two million listeners, as the titles proclaim – this was invaluable."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10199\|title=It’s That Man Again Review (1943)\|publisher=}}</ref>		''[[w:TV Guide\|TV Guide]]'' wrote: "This wartime comedy has some genuinely funny moments but never rises to the fevered pitch that would really give it the needed craziness. The story is taken from a delightfully loopy British radio show, but the translation to screen just doesn't work".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/its-that-man-again/review/102413/\|title=It's That Man Again\|publisher=}}</ref> ''[[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]]'' has called it "disappointing," commenting on Tommy Handley, "the Liverpool-born comic's fast-talking style felt forced when shackled to the demands of a storyline, and his weaknesses as a physical comedian restricted the type of business he was able to carry off. Thus, while casting him as the devious mayor of Foaming-at-the-Mouth seemed sound enough, the events that follow his acquisition of a bombed-out London theatre feel like so much padding."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/cns7w/its-that-man-again\|title=It's That Man Again - Film from Radio Times\|publisher=}}</ref> ''The Spinning Image'' was more positive, "if you approached it as a British predecessor to the Hollywood cult comedy ''[[w:Hellzapoppin' (film)\|Hellzapoppin']]'' then you would have some idea of what to expect, with Handley demonstrating his dazzling ability with wordplay, reeling off the puns at a dizzying rate...Anarchic was the word to apply here, with the show they manage to get off the ground for the finale surprisingly hilarious in its throwing in everything but the kitchen sink style of laughs; before that it was patchily amusing, but engaging enough. As a record of a comedy phenomenon – twenty-two million listeners, as the titles proclaim – this was invaluable."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10199\|title=It’s That Man Again Review (1943)\|publisher=}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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{{italic title}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = It's That Man Again
| image = It's_That_Man_Again_(1943_film).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Opening title card
| director = [[Walter Forde]]
| producer = [[Edward Black (producer)|Edward Black]]
| screenplay = [[Howard Irving Young]]<br>& [[Ted Kavanagh]]
| based_on = the [[BBC radio]] series by Ted Kavanagh
| story =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Tommy Handley]]<br> [[Greta Gynt]]<br>[[Jack Train]]
| music = [[Hans May]] (original music)<br>[[Louis Levy]] (musical direction)
| cinematography = [[Basil Emmott]]
| editing = [[R. E. Dearing]]
| studio = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]] {{small|(UK)}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1943|02|10}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Non-Stop Revue |work=The Times |date=10 February 1943 |page=6}}</ref>
| country = United Kingdom
| runtime = 84 minutes
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''It's That Man Again''''' is a 1943 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Tommy Handley]], [[Greta Gynt]] and [[Jack Train]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65699|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221021/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65699|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-13|title=It's That Man Again (1943)|publisher=}}</ref> It was based on Handley's radio show ''[[It's That Man Again]]''. In the film, the mayor of a small town lends his assistance to some drama students.

==Plot==
The disreputable mayor (Tommy Handley) of small town Foaming-at-the-Mouth gambles the civic accounts and wins a bombed out local theatre. He steals the rights to a new play which he stages in an attempt to save the financial situation. However, local drama students he has cheated turn up and try to ruin the show.

==Cast==
* [[Tommy Handley]] ... Mayor Handley
* [[Greta Gynt]] ... Stella Ferris
* [[Jack Train]] ... Lefty/Funf
* Sydney Keith ... Sam Scram
* Horace Percival ... Alley-Oop/Cecil
* [[Claude Bailey]] ... C.B. Cato
* Franklyn Bennett ... Hilary Craven
* [[Vera Frances]] ... Daisy
* [[Dino Galvani]] ... Signor Soso
* [[Jean Kent]] ... Kitty
* [[Leonard Sharp (actor)|Leonard Sharp]] ... Claude
* Dorothy Summers ... Mrs. Mopp
* Clarence Wright ... Clarence
* Richard George ... Uncle Percy

==Critical reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' wrote: "This wartime comedy has some genuinely funny moments but never rises to the fevered pitch that would really give it the needed craziness. The story is taken from a delightfully loopy British radio show, but the translation to screen just doesn't work".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/its-that-man-again/review/102413/|title=It's That Man Again|publisher=}}</ref> ''[[Radio Times]]'' has called it "disappointing," commenting on Tommy Handley, "the Liverpool-born comic's fast-talking style felt forced when shackled to the demands of a storyline, and his weaknesses as a physical comedian restricted the type of business he was able to carry off. Thus, while casting him as the devious mayor of Foaming-at-the-Mouth seemed sound enough, the events that follow his acquisition of a bombed-out London theatre feel like so much padding."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/cns7w/its-that-man-again|title=It's That Man Again - Film from RadioTimes|publisher=}}</ref> ''The Spinning Image'' was more positive, "if you approached it as a British predecessor to the Hollywood cult comedy ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)|Hellzapoppin']]'' then you would have some idea of what to expect, with Handley demonstrating his dazzling ability with wordplay, reeling off the puns at a dizzying rate...Anarchic was the word to apply here, with the show they manage to get off the ground for the finale surprisingly hilarious in its throwing in everything but the kitchen sink style of laughs; before that it was patchily amusing, but engaging enough. As a record of a comedy phenomenon – twenty-two million listeners, as the titles proclaim – this was invaluable."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10199|title=It’s That Man Again Review (1943)|publisher=}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0034907}}

{{Walter Forde}}

[[Category:1943 films]]
[[Category:1943 comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Walter Forde]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]

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