Gasbags (1941)
1941 · Feature film · 73 min · dir. Marcel Varnel
- War
- Adventure
- Comedy
Synopsis
It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by running a fish and chip stall using their platoon's barrage balloon for advertising. Their Sgt Major is not happy about this and orders them to take the balloon down, but a freak heavy wind accidentally carries the gang away to Nazi Germany. They are captured and placed in a detention camp where they meet an elderly prisoner named Jerry, who possess a map for the location of a secret weapon which will win the war! Fortunately Teddy Knox's impersonation of Hitler lands him the spot of pretending to be the Fuhrer at a gala dinner and the gang are allowed out of the camp. However the Nazis have other ideas for their substitute leader.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Marcel Varnel
- Writer
- Val Guest
- Composer
- Louis Levy
- Studio
- Gainsborough Pictures
- Released
- 1941-02-01
- Running time
- 73 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Comedy Films, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- The Crazy Gang
- WWII
- Crazy Gang
Cast & crew
Marcel Varnel Director
Bud Flanagan- Chesney Allen
- Jimmy Nervo
- Teddy Knox
- Charlie Naughton
Jimmy Gold
Moore Marriott
Wally Patch
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Enjoyable Comedy · robertn · 2009-03-21
This film is an entertaining comedy visually as well as verbally. The MPEG 4 is good quality in both of these areas. It's silly, delightful and fast-paced -- the closer you pay attention, the more jokes you'll catch. Easily watched twice to see what you've missed. A fun film for sure, similar to "One, Two, Three".
★★★ · Likable, but · Dr Feel Rotten · 2011-01-23
It just falls dead flat.. The cast is great, acting good, but the plot just falls apart..We already know history so...Oh well..