I Didn't Do It (film)

I Didn't Do It
Directed by	Marcel Varnel
Written by	Stephen Black Peter Fraser Norman Lee Michael Vaughan Howard Irving Young
Produced by	Marcel Varnel
Starring	George Formby
Cinematography	Roy Fogwell
Edited by	Douglas Robertson
Music by	Harry Bidgood
Production company	Columbia (British) Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (UK)
Release date	6 August 1945 (UK)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

I Didn't Do It is a 1945 British comedy crime film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby, Dennis Wyndham and Carl Jaffe. Formby's songs include: "She's Got Two Of Everything"' (Cunningham/Towers), "'I'd Like A Dream Like That'" (Formby/Cliffe), and "The Daring Young Man"' (Formby/Cliffe). Because of a realistic murder scene, the film was granted a British 'A' certificate, ensuring no one under the age of 16 would be admitted to the cinema unless accompanied by an adult.

Plot

A man named George Trotter staying at a theatrical boarding house is framed for a murder.

Cast

• George Formby – George Trotter
• Billy Caryll – Tiger Tubbs
• Hilda Mundy – Ma Tubbs
• Gaston Palmer – Le Grand Gaston
• Jack Daly – Terry O'Rourke
• Carl Jaffe – Hilary Vance
• Marjorie Browne – Betty Dickinson
• Wally Patch – Sergeant Carp
• Ian Fleming – Chief Inspector Twyning
• Vincent Holman – Erasmus Montague
• Dennis Wyndham – Tom Driscoll
• Jack Raine – J.B Cato
• Georgina Cookson – Willow Thane
• Merle Tottenham – Tessie
• Gordon McLeod – Superintendent Belstock
• Honor Boswell - Alpha
• Beryl Boswell - Omega

Critical reception

Halliwell's Film Guide comments that it is "one of the star's last vehicles, not too bad at all, but without the sweet smell of success"; while TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, and noted, "Five screenwriters collaborated on the script, churning out a lively, witty programmer".

External links

• I Didn't Do It at IMDb