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Crook's Tour Directed by John Baxter Produced by John Corfield Written by Barbara K. Emary
Max Kester
John WattStarring Basil Radford
Naunton Wayne
Greta Gynt
Abraham Sofaer
Charles OliverMusic by Kennedy Russell Cinematography James Wilson Editing by Michael C. Chorlton Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors Release date(s) US May 24, 1941 Running time 80 min. Language English Crook's Tour is a 1941 British film directed by John Baxter featuring Charters and Caldicott. It is adapted from a BBC radio serials of the same name.
Contents
Plot
Charters (Basil Radford) and Caldicott (Naunton Wayne) are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a song record by beautiful singer La Palermo (Greta Gynt) which contains secret instructions of the German Intelligence. Realizing their error, the German spies follow Charters and Caldicott to Istanbul and Budapest, trying to eliminate them and retrieve the record.
Cast
- Basil Radford as Charters
- Naunton Wayne as Caldicott
- Greta Gynt as La Palermo
- Abraham Sofaer as Ali
- Charles Oliver as Sheik
- Gordon McLeod as Rossenger
- Bernard Rebel as Klacken
- Cyril Gardiner as K.7.
- Morris Harvey as Waiter
- Noel Hood as Edith Charters
- Leo de Pokorny as Hotel Manager
Availability
The film is available as a supplement on the The Lady Vanishes Criterion Collection DVD.
External links
- Crook's Tour at AllRovi
- Crook's Tour at the Internet Movie Database
- Crook's Tour at the TCM Movie Database
Films directed by John Baxter 1930s Song of the Plough (1933) · Doss House (1933) · Say It With Flowers (1934) · Kentucky Minstrels (1934) · Music Hall (1934) · Lest We Forget (1934) · Flood Tide (1934) · The Small Man (1935) · A Real Bloke (1935) · Jimmy Boy (1935) · Hearts of Humanity (1936) · Birds of a Feather (1936) · Men of Yesterday (1936) · Talking Feet (1937) · The Academy Decides (1937) · The Song of the Road (1937) · Stepping Toes (1938) · Secret Journey (1939) · What Would You Do, Chums? (1939)1940s Laugh It Off (1940) · Old Mother Riley in Society (1940) · Old Mother Riley in Business (1941) · Crook's Tour (1941) · Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941) · Love on the Dole (1941) · The Common Touch (1941) · Let the People Sing (1942) · We'll Smile Again (1942) · Theatre Royal (1943) · The Shipbuilders (1943) · Dreaming (1945) · Here Comes the Sun (1946) · The Grand Escapade (1946) · Nothing Venture (1948) · When You Come Home (1948) · Three Bags Full (1949)1950s The Second Mate (1950) · The Dragon of Pendragon Castle (1950) · Fortune Lane (1950) · Judgment Deferred (1952) · The Last Load (1953) · Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956)Categories:- English-language films
- 1941 films
- British films
- Black-and-white films
- 1940s comedy films
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