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2 Plot summary  





3 Cast  





4 Critical reception  





5 Soundtrack  





6 References  





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Gasbags
Opening title
Directed by
  • Marcel Varnel
  • Written by
  • Val Guest
  • Produced byEdward Black
    Starring
  • Moore Mariott
  • Carl Jaffe
  • CinematographyArthur Crabtree
    Edited byR. E. Dearing
    Music byLouis Levy

    Production
    company

    Gainsborough Pictures

    Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors

    Release date

    • 1 February 1941 (1941-02-01)

    Running time

    77 minutes
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    LanguageEnglish

    Gasbags is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and Marcel Varnel and starring The Crazy Gang as well as Moore Marriott.[1] The film was a morale-booster in the early part of the Second World War.[2]

    Production

    [edit]

    It was shot at the Lime Grove StudiosinLondon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. It was the fourth and final film starring the comedians at Gainsborough Pictures. Flanagan and Allen subsequently moved to British National where they made a further four films over the next few years.

    Plot summary

    [edit]

    The Crazy Gang's mobile fish and chip shop is tethered to a barrage balloon which lifts the shop into the air and the gang is carried to Nazi Germany. They are captured but break out of prison, impersonate Adolf Hitler and return to England in a stolen secret weapon.

    Cast

    [edit]

    Critical reception

    [edit]

    TV Guide called it "An exhilarating comedy";[3] while the Radio Times called it "the best film ever made by the Crazy Gang...Director Marcel Varnel has just the right surreal touch to make it work and leave audiences laughing."[2]

    Soundtrack

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "Gasbags (1941)". Archived from the original on 2 April 2018.
  • ^ a b "Gasbags – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.
  • ^ "Gasbags - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  • Bibliography

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