Band Waggon

Band Waggon

1940 · 85 min · ★ 5.7 · Comedy, Music

A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.

Directed by Marcel Varnel · Written by John Watt

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