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	\| director = [[Maurice Elvey]]		\| director = [[Maurice Elvey]]
	\| producer = Ivor McLaren <br> Jack Hulbert		\| producer = Ivor McLaren <br> Jack Hulbert
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	\| studio = [[Grand National Pictures]]		\| studio = [[Grand National Pictures]]
	\| distributor = [[British Lion Film Corporation\|British Lion]]		\| distributor = [[British Lion Film Corporation\|British Lion]]
	\| released = {{film date\|1940\|9\|1\|df=yes}}		\| released = {{film date\|1940\|09\|01\|df=yes}}
	\| runtime = 79 minutes		\| runtime = 79 minutes
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{{Infobox film
| name = Under Your Hat
| image = "Under_Your_Hat"_(1940).jpg

| caption = Original British trade ad
| director = [[Maurice Elvey]]
| producer = Ivor McLaren Jack Hulbert
| writer = [[Rodney Ackland]] [[Anthony Kimmins]] [[Arthur Macrae]] [[Geoffrey Kerr]] Jack Hulbert
| based_on = musical play ''Under Your Hat'' by [[Arthur Macrae]]
| starring = [[Jack Hulbert]] [[Cicely Courtneidge]] [[Austin Trevor]] [[Leonora Corbett]]
| music = [[Lew Stone]]
| cinematography = [[Mutz Greenbaum]]
| editing = [[Edward B. Jarvis]]
| studio = [[Grand National Pictures]]
| distributor = [[British Lion Film Corporation|British Lion]]
| released = {{film date|1940|9|1|df=yes}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Under Your Hat''''' is a 1940 British [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[spy film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]] and starring [[Jack Hulbert]], [[Cicely Courtneidge]] and [[Austin Trevor]].<ref>Murphy p.203</ref>

==Production==
The film was an [[independent film|independent]] production made at [[Isleworth Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b96cda7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712173041/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b96cda7|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-12|title=Under Your Hat (1940)|work=BFI}}</ref> It was based on a popular stage musical starring Hulbert and Courtneidge, a husband-and-wife team who had made a series of successful comedy films during the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/3ds/under-your-hat/production/7jx|title=Production of Under Your Hat - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> The sets were designed by [[art director]] [[James A. Carter]]. Musical numbers included "Can't Find That Tiger" sung by The Rhythm Brothers.<ref name=tvguide>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/under-your-hat/review/121659/|title=Under Your Hat|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
The film is set in pre-[[Second World War]] England where a leading film star Jack Millett and his wife Kay attempt to recover a secret [[carburettor]] stolen by enemy agents. Suspicious that Jack may be embarking on an affair with his glamorous co-star Carole Markoff, Kay follows him to the South of France, where in fact he is due to receive the carburettor from a contact at a night club, as he has actually been recruited as an undercover man for the government. (There is a literary pun when the secret agent bringing the parcel, assuming Kay knows all about the identification code and is due to meet him, says dramatically "You are She", and Kay replies "Really? I didn't know I looked so Haggard.") Eventually, the parcel is retrieved, Markoff is revealed as a spy, and Jack and Kay fly back to London with the carburettor.

==Cast==
* [[Jack Hulbert]] as Jack Millett
* [[Cicely Courtneidge]] as Kay Millett
* [[Austin Trevor]] as Boris Vladimir
* [[Leonora Corbett]] as Carole Markoff
* [[Cecil Parker]] as Sir Jeffrey Arlington
* Anthony Hayes as George
* [[Charles Oliver (actor)|Charles Oliver]] as Carl
* [[H. F. Maltby]] as Colonel Sheepshanks
* Mary Barton as Mrs. Sheepshanks
* [[Glynis Johns]] as Winnie
* Myrette Morven as Miss Stevens
* [[Roddy Hughes]] as Film Director
* John Robinson and The Rhythm Brothers as Themselves
* Don Marino Baretto as Band Leader
* Paul Sheridan as Minor role
* [[Eunice Crowther]] as Minor role
* [[Charles Eaton (British actor)|Charles Eaton]] as Minor role
* [[Paul Henreid]] as Minor role
* [[Terry-Thomas]] as Party Guest

==Critical reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' found the film "redolent of the ''[[Nick and Nora Charles|Thin Man]]'' series, with the added fillip of the musical-stage talent, but lacking the charisma of the stars of that series";<ref name=tvguide/> while [[Sky Movies]] wrote, "although Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge had passed their mid-Thirties' peaks as box-office attractions when they made this film version of one of their hit stage shows, it does mark something of a return to form for both of them, with a lively if improbable plot involving spies, and the two stars cheerfully indulging their penchant for disguise. Glynis Johns has a small supporting role, and sharp eyes may catch a glimpse of the young Terry-Thomas."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sky.com/tv/movie/under-your-hat-1940|title=Under Your Hat|work=Find and Watch}}</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==Bibliography==
* Murphy, Robert. ''Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain, 1939-1949''. Routledge, 1992.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0033205}}

{{Maurice Elvey}}

[[Category:1940 films]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Maurice Elvey]]
[[Category:1940 musical comedy films]]
[[Category:1940s spy comedy films]]
[[Category:British musical comedy films]]
[[Category:British spy comedy films]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Films set in France]]
[[Category:Films shot at Isleworth Studios]]
[[Category:Films about filmmaking]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1940s British films]]

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