Gasbags

Gasbags
Directed by	Walter Forde Marcel Varnel
Produced by	Edward Black
Written by	Marriott Edgar (writer) Val Guest (writer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Arthur Crabtree
Edited by	R.E. Dearing
Release dates	1 February 1941
Running time	77 minutes
Country	UK
Language	English

Gasbags is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and Marcel Varnel and starring The Crazy Gang.

Plot summary

The film brims with British comedy talent of the period. The Crazy Gang’s mobile fish and chip shop is accidentally tied to a barrage balloon and the gang is carried to Nazi Germany. They are captured but break out of prison, impersonate Adolf Hitler and return to England in a stolen secret weapon.

The film was a morale-booster at a period of the war when Britain looked in real danger of defeat.

Cast

Bud Flanagan as Bud
Chesney Allen as Ches
Jimmy Nervo as Cecil
Teddy Knox as Knoxy
Charlie Naughton as Charlie
Jimmy Gold as Goldy
Moore Marriott as Jerry Jenkins
Wally Patch as Sergeant-Major
Peter Gawthorne as Commanding Officer
Frederick Valk as Sturmfuehrer
Eric Clavering as Scharffuehrer
Anthony Eustrel as Gestapo Officer
Carl Jaffe as Gestapo Chief
Manning Whiley as Colonel
Torin Thatcher as SS Man
Irene Handl as Wife
Leonard Sharp as Chip Shop customer
Theodore Zichy as 2nd in Command (uncredited)

Soundtrack

Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen - "Yesterday's Dreams" (Written by Michael Carr and Dorothy Day)

External links

Gasbags at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Marcel Varnel

The Silent Witness (1932)
Chandu the Magician (1932)
Infernal Machine (1933)
Freedom of the Seas (1934)
Girls Will Be Boys (1934)
Royal Cavalcade (1935)
Dance Band (1935)
The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1935)
No Monkey Business (1935)
All In (1936)
Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936)
Good Morning, Boys (1937)
Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
Convict 99 (1938)
Alf's Button Afloat (1938)
Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
Old Bones of the River (1938)
Ask a Policeman (1939)
The Frozen Limits (1939)
Where's That Fire? (1940)
O-Kay for Sound (1940)
Band Waggon (1940)
Let George Do It! (1940)
Neutral Port (1940)
Gasbags (1941)
The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
I Thank You (1941)
South American George (1941)
Hi Gang! (1941)
Much Too Shy (1942)
King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942)
Get Cracking (1943)
He Snoops to Conquer (1944)
Bell-Bottom George (1944)
I Didn't Do It (1945)
George in Civvy Street (1946)
This Man Is Mine (1946)

Films directed by Walter Forde

What Next? (1928)
The Silent House (1929)
Wait and See (1929)
Would You Believe It! (1929)
You'd Be Surprised! (1930)
Red Pearls (1930)
The Last Hour (1930)
Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930)
Bed and Breakfast (1930)
Third Time Lucky (1931)
The Ringer (1931)
The Ghost Train (1931)
Splinters in the Navy (1931)
Condemned to Death (1932)
Lord Babs (1932)
Jack's the Boy (1932)
Rome Express (1932)
Orders Is Orders (1934)
Chu Chin Chow (1934)
Jack Ahoy (1934)
Bulldog Jack (1935)
Brown on Resolution (1935)
King of the Damned (1935)
Land Without Music (1936)
Kicking the Moon Around (1938)
The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
Let's Be Famous (1939)
The Four Just Men (1939)
Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)
Saloon Bar (1940)
Sailors Three (1940)
Gasbags (1941)
The Ghost Train (1941)
Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941)
Atlantic Ferry (1941)
Flying Fortress (1942)
The Peterville Diamond (1943)
It's That Man Again (1943)
Time Flies (1944)
One Exciting Night (1944)
Master of Bankdam (1947)
Cardboard Cavalier (1949)

Screenplays by Marriott Edgar

Screenplays	Windbag the Sailor (1936) Oh, Mr Porter! (1937) Good Morning, Boys (1937) Said O'Reilly to McNab (1937) Convict 99 (1938) Alf's Button Afloat (1938) Old Bones of the River (1938) Ask a Policeman (1939) The Frozen Limits (1939) Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940) Band Waggon (1940) Where's That Fire? (1940) The Ghost Train (1941) Gasbags (1941) I Thank You (1941) Back-Room Boy (1942) King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942) Miss London Ltd. (1943) Bees in Paradise (1944)

Family	Edgar Wallace (half-brother)

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