Alf's Button Afloat
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| Alf's Button Afloat | |
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| Directed by | Marcel Varnel |
| Written by | Marriott Edgar Val Guest Ralph Smart |
| Based on | W.A. Darlington's "famous farce" Alf's Button[1] |
| Produced by | Edward Black |
| Starring | Bud Flanagan Chesney Allen Jimmy Nervo Alastair Sim |
| Cinematography | Arthur Crabtree |
| Edited by | R. E. Dearing Alfred Roome |
| Music by | Charles Williams |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors Gaumont British Picture Corporation (presented by) |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Alf's Button Afloat is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Alastair Sim and Peter Gawthorne. In the film, the Crazy Gang go to sea, where one of them discovers a button on his uniform is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp.[2] The film parodies the 1920 novel Alf's Button by W.A. Darlington and its subsequent film adaptations.[3]
Cast
- Bud Flanagan as Alf Higgins
- Chesney Allen as Ches
- Jimmy Nervo as Cecil
- Teddy Knox as Teddy
- Charlie Naughton as Charlie
- Jimmy Gold as Jimmy
- Alastair Sim as Eustace
- Wally Patch as Sergeant Hawkins
- Peter Gawthorne as Captain Driscol
- Agnes Lauchlan as Lady Driscol
- Glennis Lorimer as Frankie Driscol
- James Carney as Lieutenant John Hardy
- Wilson Coleman as surgeon
- J.H. Roberts as Aladdin
- Bruce Winston as Mustapha
- Richard Cooper as Lord Wimbledon
References
- ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Alf's Button Afloat (1938)".
- ^ "Alf's Button". 29 October 2007.
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