Ask a Policeman

Ask a Policeman

NR 1939 · 83 min · ★ 7.4 · Comedy

The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.

Directed by Marcel Varnel · Written by Sidney Gilliat

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