The Pride of the Force

The Pride of the Force

1933 · 75 min · ★ 9.0 · Comedy

This lively comedy of 1933 provided an early film role for Leslie Fuller, and sees the wildly popular, rubber-faced actor and entertainer – once touted as Elstree's own Clark Gable – playing identical twins with very different ambitions: one is a policeman who longs to join a circus, the other a farm hand who wants to be a policeman!

Directed by Norman Lee

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