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Convict 99 (1938)
Directed by Marcel Varnel
Comedy · 1h 31m
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings.
Cast
Will Hay
Dr. Benjamin Twist
Moore Marriott
Jerry The Mole
Graham Moffatt
Albert Brown
Googie Withers
Lottie
Peter Gawthorne
Sir Cyril
Basil Radford
Deputy Governor
W
Wilfred Walter
Max Slessor
Dennis Wyndham
Head Warder
A
Alf Goddard
Sykes
B
Basil McGrail
Bates
Kathleen Harrison
Mabel
Roddy McDowall
Jimmy
Crew
- Director
- Marcel Varnel
- Writer
- Val Guest, Ralph Smart, Jack Davis Jr., Cyril Campion, Marriott Edgar
- Editor
- R. E. Dearing
- Producer
- Edward Black
Details
- Release date
- 1938-09-26
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Gainsborough Pictures