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{{short description|1932 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Jack's the Boy
| image = Jack's_the_Boy_(1932_film).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Opening title card
| director = [[Walter Forde]]
| producer = [[Michael Balcon]]
| writer = [[W. P. Lipscomb]] [[Sidney Gilliat]]
| based_on = a story by [[Jack Hulbert]] [[Douglas Furber]]
| starring = [[Jack Hulbert]] [[Cicely Courtneidge]] [[Peter Gawthorne]]
| music = [[Vivian Ellis]] [[Jack Beaver]] '''Lyrics:''' Douglas Furber '''Musical director:''' [[Louis Levy]]
| cinematography = [[Leslie Rowson]]
| editing = [[Ian Dalrymple]] John Goldman
| studio = [[Gainsborough Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Gaumont British]]
| released = June 1932
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Jack's the Boy''''' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Jack Hulbert]], [[Cicely Courtneidge]], [[Francis Lister]] and [[Peter Gawthorne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/38117|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114183040/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/38117|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2009|title=Jack's the Boy (1932)}}</ref> It became well known for its song "[[The Flies Crawled Up the Window]]", sung by Hulbert, which was released as a record and proved a major hit.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9NX_8KbH89oC&q=jack%27s+the+boy+1932&pg=PA45|title=The British Musical Film|first=John|last=Mundy|date=15 July 2007|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9780719063213|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/smor.1932-5/|title=JACK'S THE BOY}}</ref> The film was released in the U.S. as '''''Night and Day'''''.<ref name="tvguide.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/night-and-day/review/107428/|title=Night And Day|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

==Plot==
Policeman Jack (Jack Hulbert) attempts to track down a gang responsible for a [[smash and grab]] raid, thereby proving his worth to his disapproving father (Peter Gawthorne), a [[Scotland Yard]] detective.

==Cast==
{{div col}}
* [[Jack Hulbert]] as Jack Brown
* [[Cicely Courtneidge]] as Mrs Bobday
* [[Winifred Shotter]] as Ivy
* [[Francis Lister]] as Jules Martin
* [[Peter Gawthorne]] as Mr Brown
* [[Ben Field]] as Mr Bobday
* [[Charles Farrell (Irish actor)|Charles Farrell]] as Martin
* [[O. B. Clarence]] as Tompkins
* [[Hal Gordon]] as Man with scarf at accident
* [[Arthur Rigby (actor)|Arthur Rigby]] as Police Constable
{{div col end}}

==Reception==
The film was voted the fourth best British movie of 1932.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83406463 |title="SUNSHINE SUSIE". |newspaper=[[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)|The Daily News]] |location=Perth |date=19 August 1933 |access-date=4 March 2013 |page=19|edition=HOME|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

''British Pictures'' wrote, "As entertainment, it's curious. Hulbert and Courtneidge clown about nicely but it's hard to see how this film was one of the biggest hits of its year (big enough to be the punchline of a comic song in the following year's ''[[The Good Companions (1933 film)|The Good Companions]]''). Opportunities for them to "do their stuff" are poked into the narrative in the oddest places. They search a thief's flat and spontaneously break into a silly dance. It would be charming if it wasn't so bloody irritating. Perhaps the most interesting bits of the film now are the sequences filmed on location both on the streets of London and in [[Madame Tussauds]] (though you have to doubt the effectiveness of any film chase sequence in which you get more interested in the passing billboards than the action). All in all, it's a film which has dated badly and which doesn't show off the stars to their best advantage";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishpictures.com/arch_j.html#Jacks_the_Boy|title=ARCHIVE J – Ja: British Films of the 30s, 1940s and 1950s|first=David|last=Absalom|website=www.britishpictures.com}}</ref> while ''[[TV Guide]]'' wrote that though the "Dialog drags a bit, as though it's being read for the stage. Hulbert saves his performance with a lot of likable charm";<ref name="tvguide.com"/> and ''[[AllMovie]]'' called it a "breezy quota quickie", concluding that "Matching Jack Hulbert laugh for laugh is his wife and longtime stage partner Cicely Courteneidge";<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/jacks-the-boy-v237373|title=Jack's The Boy (1932) – Walter Forde – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related |website=AllMovie}}</ref> and ''[[Screenonline]]'' noted that "Jack's the Boy is acknowledged as one of the team's best films."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/439756/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Jack's the Boy (1932)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0167219}}
*{{Screenonline title|439756}}

{{Walter Forde}}
{{Michael Balcon}}
{{Gainsborough Pictures}}

[[Category:1932 films]]
[[Category:1932 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Gainsborough Pictures films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Michael Balcon]]
[[Category:Films directed by Walter Forde]]
[[Category:Films scored by Jack Beaver]]
[[Category:1930s police comedy films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:1930s British films]]

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