The Goose Steps Out
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| The Goose Steps Out | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Will Hay Basil Dearden |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Written by | Angus Macphaill John Dighton |
| Starring | Will Hay Frank Pettingell Julien Mitchell Charles Hawtrey Peter Ustinov |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Editing by | Ray Pitt |
| Distributed by | Ealing Studios |
| Release date(s) | August 1942 |
| Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country |  UK |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
The Goose Steps Out is a British comedy film released in 1942. This film starred, and was co-directed by the popular British comedian Will Hay.
The film's title refers to the Nazis' vigorous ceremonial marching, called "goose-stepping".
[edit] Plot summary
Set during World War II, The Goose Steps Out recounts the adventures of William Potts (Will Hay) after it is discovered that he is an exact double of a German spy who the British have just captured. Potts is flown into Nazi Germany to impersonate the spy and instructed to seek out and bring back details of a new German secret weapon.
On arrival, however, Potts is placed in charge of a group of apparently rabidly-fascist young students who are being trained to work as spies in England. Potts attempts to undermine this by convincing the youngsters that the proper British way of saluting a great leader is to apply the V-sign, which they therefore do repeatedly and enthusiastically in the direction of a portrait of the Führer. At a function where he hopes to gather information about the weapon (a gasfire bomb), Potts succeeds only in getting blind drunk and admitting that he is a British agent. Luckily, his class of Nazi youths turn out to be sympathetic Austrians and they help him obtain the secret he seeks. Potts and his new friends eventually commandeer a plane and fly back to England, crashing in a tree outside the War Office in London.
[edit] Cast
- Will Hay as William Potts/Muller
- Charles Hawtrey as Max
- Frank Pettingell as Professor Hoffman
- Julien Mitchell as General Von Glotz
- Peter Ustinov as Krauss
- Barry Morse as Kurt
- Leslie Harcourt as Vagel
- Peter Croft as Hans
- Ann Firth as Lena
- Ray Lovell as Schmidt
- Jeremy Hawk as ADC
- Aubrey Mallalieu as Rector
- John Williams as Major Bishop
- Lawrence O'Madden as Colonel Truscott
- William Hartnell as German Officer at Station (uncredited)
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