Let George Do It (1940) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

A young woman is forced by her abusive father to marry a much older man, despite being in love with a doctor.

Cast & Crew

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Marcel Varnel

George Formby

Phyllis Calvert

Coral Browne

Basil Dearden

Photos & Videos

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Let George Do It! (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Have You Anything To Declare?

Let George Do It! (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Good Evening, Herr Hitler

Let George Do It! (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt

Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Let George Do It (1940)

Let George Do It! (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Mr. Wu's A Window Cleaner Now

Film Details

Also Known As

To Hell with Hitler

Genre

Comedy

Release Date

1940

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 22m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Synopsis

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.

Director

Marcel Varnel

Cast

George Formby

Phyllis Calvert

Coral Browne

Crew

Basil Dearden

Videos

Let George Do It! (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Good Evening, Herr Hitler Late in the feature and maybe a spoiler, George Formby (as accidental hero-spy Hepplewhite) has been drugged by under-cover Nazis (Garry Marsh, Romney Brent), and dreams of thwarting their schemes, rescuing pretty colleague Mary (Phyllis Calvert) and finally slugging der Führer, in the Formby vehicle Let George Do It!, 1940.

Let George Do It! (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Mr. Wu's A Window Cleaner Now letgeorgedoit_mrwusawindowcleanernow_FC

Let George Do It! (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Have You Anything To Declare? Thinking he’s arriving in Blackpool (not Bergen, Norway!) singer George (Formby) discovers he’s further-accidentally bunked with the wife (Helena Pickard) of mysterious traveling magician Oscar (Bernard Lee), and is helped by a steward (Johnnie Schofield) and a baffled customs official, in the spy-comedy Let George Do It!, 1940.

Let George Do It! (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt Bumbling at the port, George Formby (as traveling banjo-lele player Hepplewhite) vamps (song by Formby, Harry Gifford and Fred E. Cliffe) while bandmate Alf (Hal Gordon) hustles, early in the wartime Formby vehicle Let George Do It!, 1940, also released as To Hell With Hitler (U.S.A.) and DInky-Doo (U.S.S.R.!).

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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Let George Do It (1940) Ben Mankiewicz introduces Let George Do It, 1940.

Film Details

Also Known As

To Hell with Hitler

Genre

Comedy

Release Date

1940

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 22m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Quotes

Trivia

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