Hey! Hey! USA!

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Hey! Hey! USA!
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) Flag of United Kingdom October 1938
Running time 80 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
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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.

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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.

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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


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