Hey! Hey! USA!
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Hey! Hey! USA! | |
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Directed by | Marcel Varnel |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Written by | J.O.C. Orton |
Starring | Will Hay Edgar Kennedy Edmon Ryan David Burns |
Music by | Charles Williams |
Cinematography | Arthur Crabtree |
Editing by | R.E. Dearing |
Distributed by | Gainsborough Pictures |
Release date(s) | October 1938 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
Hey! Hey! USA! is a 1938 British movie, featuring comedy actor Will Hay as Bejmanin Twist, a porter on a ship bound for the United States.
[edit] Plot outline
Benjamin Twist, a porter on an ship bound for America ends up impersonating a professor, Phineas Tavistock. Along with American gangster and stowaway Bugs Leary (Edgar Kennedy), Twist finds himself entangled in a plot to kidnap the son of a millionaire whom 'Professor' Tavistock is teaching. Things are further complicated by the fact that two sets of gangsters are attempting to get their hands on the ransom money, which Twist is given to hand over.
[edit] Cast
Will Hay - Benjamin Twist/Professor Phineas Tavistock
Edgar Kennedy - Bugs Leary
David Burns - Tony Ricardo
Eddie Ryan - Ace Marco
Fred Duprez - Cyrus Schultz
Paddy Reynolds - Mrs Schultz
Tommy Bupp - Bertie Schultz
Arthur Goullet - Glove Johnson
Gibb McLaughlin - Steward
Eddie Pola - Broadcast Announcer
Roddy McDowall - Boy