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 |
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Hey! Hey! USA! is a 1938 British movie, featuring comedy actor Will Hay as Benjamin Twist, a porter on a ship bound for the United States.
[edit] Plot outline
Benjamin Twist, a porter on a 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
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