Front Line Kids
1942 British film by Maclean Rogers
- Jack Byrd
- H. F. Maltby
- Kathleen Butler
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Release date
- 29 June 1942 (1942-06-29)
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Front Line Kids is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Leslie Fuller.[1] It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei.
In wartime London an unruly group of boys assist an incompetent hotel porter to thwart a gang of criminals operating out of the building.
Cast
- Gerald Rex as Bert Wragg
- Leslie Fuller as Nobby Clarkson
- John Singer as Ginger Smith
- John Tacchi as Front Line Gang Member
- Marion Gerth as Elsa la Rue
- David Keir as The Parson
- George Pughe as Pinski
- Anthony Holles as Hotelier
- Ralph Michael as Paul
- Ben Williams as Porter
- Norman Pierce as P.C. Rozzer
- Eric Clavering as Carl
- Vi Kaley as Mrs. Lowther
- Nora Gordon as Evacuee organiser
- Brian Fitzpatrick as Front Line Gang Member
- Derek Prendergast as Front Line Gang Member
- Gerald Moore as Front Line Gang Member
- Michael John as Front Line Gang Member
- David Anthony as Front Line Gang Member
- Norah Black
- O. B. Clarence as 'Real' Clergyman
- Vincent Holman as Police Sergeant
- Kay Lewis as Receptionist
- Douglas Stewart as Hotel Guest
References
- ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.8
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
- Front Line Kids at IMDb
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Films by Maclean Rogers
- The Third Eye (1929)
- The Mayor's Nest (1932)
- The Crime at Blossoms (1933)
- Summer Lightning (1933)
- Up for the Derby (1933)
- Trouble (1933)
- It's a Cop (1934)
- Virginia's Husband (1934)
- The Scoop (1934)
- The Feathered Serpent (1934)
- A Little Bit of Bluff (1935)
- The Right Age to Marry (1935)
- Old Faithful (1935)
- Marry the Girl (1935)
- A Wife or Two (1936)
- The Shadow of Mike Emerald (1936)
- A Touch of the Moon (1936)
- Not So Dusty (1936)
- To Catch a Thief (1936)
- The Heirloom Mystery (1936)
- The Happy Family (1936)
- Nothing Like Publicity (1936)
- Busman's Holiday (1936)
- Farewell to Cinderella (1937)
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- All That Glitters (1937)
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