The Goose Steps Out
- 1942 film
Wartime comedy starring Will Hay. Teacher William Potts goes undercover at a German spy training school. Also features Frank Pettingell, Julien Mitchell, Charles Hawtrey, Peter Croft, Anne Firth and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 1942
- Creators
- Bernard Miles and Reg Groves
- Stars
- Will Hay, Frank Pettingell, Julien Mitchell, Charles Hawtrey, Peter Croft, Anne Firth, Leslie Harcourt, Jeremy Hawk and more
- Writers
- Angus MacPhail and John Dighton
- Directors
- Basil Dearden and Will Hay
- Producers
- Michael Balcon and S.C. Balcon
- Company
William Potts (Will Hay) is a hapless, clumsy schoolteacher who just happens to be identical body double for a notorious German Nazi general. When the army are made aware of the uncanny resemblance to the German, who they are currently holding prisoner, they decided to drop the reluctant Mr Potts behind enemy lines.
His deadly mission is to find and retrieve information on a secret weapon that the Germans are planning to use. But whilst impersonating the Nazi general Potts manages to infiltrate the Hitler Youth. He also manages to make a big impression on the students who are being trained as spies and learning how to fit into British society. Luckily Mr Potts is at hand to give them lots of handy hints in honour of the war effort.
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Additional details
- Tagline
- Pokes fun at the Hun!
- UK certificate
- U
- Duration
- 75 minutes
- UK release
- Thursday 24th September 1942
- Produced
- Winter 1941 - 1942
- Distributors
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Black and white
- Soundtrack
- Music by Bretton Byrd.
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Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Sunday 25th October 2020 at 7:25am on TPTV
- Wednesday 29th July 2020 at 9:30am on TPTV
- Thursday 9th April 2020 at 9:25am on TPTV
Recording details
- Ealing Studios