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| name = Somewhere in Politics
| image = "Somewhere_in_Politics"_(1948).jpg
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| director = [[John E. Blakeley]]
| producer = John E. Blakeley
| writer = Harry Jackson
| narrator =
| starring = [[Frank Randle]]<br />[[Tessie O'Shea]]<br />[[Josef Locke]]
| music = Fred Harries
| cinematography = [[Ernest Palmer (British cinematographer)|Ernest Palmer]]<br />Ben R. Hart
| editing = Dorothy Stimson
| studio = [[Mancunian Films]]
| distributor = Mancunian Films (U.K.)
| released = {{film date|1948|11|19|df=yes|London}}
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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'''''Somewhere in Politics''''' is a 1949 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[John E. Blakeley]] and starring [[Frank Randle]], [[Tessie O'Shea]] and [[Josef Locke]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/352355 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117125941/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/352355 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-17 |title=Somewhere in Politics |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref> It was the fifth film in the ''Somewhere'' series of films featuring Randle followed by ''[[It's a Grand Life]]'' (1953).

According to the [[British Film Institute]] (BFI), only a print of an "18-minute short from the film, entitled ''Full House''", is known to exist.<ref name=bfimostwanted>{{cite web |url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/somewhere-in-politics.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803092504/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/somewhere-in-politics.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2012 |title=Somewhere in Politics (aka A Full House) |publisher=British Film Institute |accessdate=25 May 2014}}</ref>

==Plot==
Joe Smart (Frank Randle) is a radio repairman who enters the political arena competing in an upcoming election against his own boss. Joe wins the election, but encounters loads of trouble in the process.

==Cast==
* [[Frank Randle]] - Joe Smart
* [[Tessie O'Shea]] - Daisy Smart
* [[Josef Locke]] - Cllr. Willoughby
* Sally Barnes - Marjorie Willoughby
* Syd Harrison - Tony Parker
* Max Harrison - Arthur Parker
* Bunty Meadows - Martha Parker
* [[Jimmy Clitheroe]] - Sonny
* [[Sonny Burke]] - Reggie Smart
* [[Anthony Oakley]] - Howard
* [[Bernard Youens|Bernard Graham]] - Bank Manager
* Effi McIntosh - Mrs. Jones
* Kay Compston - Lady Hazelmere
* Fred Simister - Detective Sergeant
* George Little - Mayor

==Critical reception==
In contemporary reviews, ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: "The provinces will probably enjoy this knockabout comedy, though many Londoners will fail to see the point". ''To-Day's Cinema'' concluded: "In addition to the untiring inventiveness of the star in grimace and tumble, the escapades are served by the clowning of Tessie as Randle's electioneering wife - she also heaves her 'two-ton' around in abandoned dance - by the singing of sentimental ditty by Josef Locke, and by the lunacies of Syd and Max in song and sally. It is all put over with pace and vigour, and will doubtless register heartily with the legion of Randle fans."<ref name=bfimostwanted/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Richards, Jeffrey. ''Films and British national identity: from Dickens to Dad's Army''. Manchester University Press, 1997.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0176162}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120803092504/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/somewhere-in-politics.html BFI Most Wanted entry], with extensive notes

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