Joey Boy (film)

Joey Boy is a 1965 British comedy war film directed by Frank Launder and starring Harry H. Corbett, Stanley Baxter, Bill Fraser, Percy Herbert, Lance Percival, Reg Varney and Thorley Walters.

Synopsis

After a gang of London Spivs are arrested for running an illegal gambling den during the Second World War they are offered a choice between prison and a tour of duty with the British Army putting their unique talents to work.

Cast

Harry H. Corbett as Joey Boy Thompson
Stanley Baxter as Benny 'The Kid' Lindowski
Bill Fraser as Sergeant Major Dobbs
Percy Herbert as Mad George Long
Lance Percival as Clarence Doubleday
Reg Varney as Rabbit Malone
Moira Lister as Lady Thameridge
Derek Nimmo as Lieutenant Hope
Thorley Walters as Colonel Grant
John Arnatt as Brigadier Charles Chapman
Eric Pohlmann as Antonio
John Phillips as Inspector Morgan
Lloyd Lamble as Sir John Averycorn
Edward Chapman as Tom Hobson
Basil Dignam as General

External links

Joey Boy at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Frank Launder

Millions Like Us (1943)
Two Thousand Women (1944)
I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
Captain Boycott (1947)
The Blue Lagoon (1949)
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
Folly to Be Wise (1953)
The Belles of St Trinian's (1954)
Geordie (1955)
Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957)
The Bridal Path (1959)
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
Joey Boy (1965)
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980)