Somewhere on Leave
5.4 /10 1 Votes5.4
Duration Genres Comedy, War film | 5.2/10 IMDb Initial release February 1943 Running time 1h 36m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer John E. Blakeley (story), Arthur Mertz (story) Similar movies John E Blakeley directed Somewhere on Leave and wrote the screenplay for Off the Dole | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Somewhere on leave 1942
Somewhere on Leave is a 1943 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Frank Randle, Harry Korris and Dan Young. It was the third in the series of Somewhere films following Private Randle and his comrades. It was followed by Somewhere in Civvies.
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Frank randle in somewhere on leave 1942
Plot
Private Randle (Frank Randle) and army pals, Privates Young (Dan Young) and Enoch (Robbie Vincent) are invited by Private Desmond (Pat McGrath) to spend some off-duty time at his stately home. Private Desmond is too busy courting an ATS girl (Antoinette Lupino) to notice the squaddies are running riot in his house.
Critical reception
The Radio Times gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote, "Of the music-hall turns who made films, Lancashire comedian Frank Randle was among the most successful. But his appeal inevitably exemplifies the North-South divide and his success - including that of his five Somewhere films - was largely confined to home ground...It may be unsophisticated, and more a series of incidents than a cohesive narrative, but it's still fun."
References
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