Old Bill and Son
6 /10 1 Votes
Duration Director Ian Dalrymple Genre Comedy | 5.8/10 IMDb Initial release March 1, 1941 Running time 1h 36m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Bruce Bairnsfather (screenplay), Bruce Bairnsfather (story), Ian Dalrymple, Derek N. Twist (assistant scenarist), Arthur Wimperis (additional dialogue) Cast Morland Graham (Old Bill), John Mills (Young Bill), Mary Clare (Maggie), Renée Houston (Stella Malloy), René Ray (Sally), Gus McNaughton (Alf)Similar movies John Mills appears in Old Bill and Son and Cottage to Let | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Bill and Son is a 1941 British black-and-white comedy war film directed by Ian Dalrymple and starring Morland Graham, John Mills, Mary Clare and Ronald Shiner as Herbert 'Bert' Smith. It is executive produced by Alexander Korda for Legeran Films.
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Synopsis
An old, First World War soldier enlists with his son to fight in the Second World War. Eventually, they travel to France to capture Nazis.
Cast
Critical reception
In contemporary reviews, The Manchester Guardian wrote, "The plot is a disconnected business, a series of episodes of the sort we usually call picaresque when we really mean stragglesome. It is, in fact, as glaringly unkempt and untidy as Old Bill's famous moustache which that delightful actor Morland Graham wears with conviction and distinction," and The Sunday Express wrote, "chalk up a hit for Morland Graham on this picture as Old Bill...it's an amusing highly sentimental affair written in the authentic language of the Front with no attempt to be subtle...a pity to see so fine an actor as John Mills in so empty a part."
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