Where There's a Will (1936)
Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities
Director:
William Beaudine
Writers:
Will Hay, Robert Edmunds, William Beaudine.
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Will Hay as Benjamin Stubbins |
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H.F. Maltby as Sir Roger Wimpleton |
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Norma Varden as Lady Margaret Wimpleton |
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Peggy Simpson as Barbara Stubbins |
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Gibb McLaughlin as Martin, The Butler |
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Gina Malo as Goldie Kelly |
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Hartley Power as Duke Wilson |
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Eddie Houghton as Slug Riley |
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Hal Walters as Nick Harris |
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Sybil Brooke as Mrs Peabody, Landlady |
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Davina Whitehouse as Lucie, The Maid |
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Graham Moffatt as Willie, The Office Boy |
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John Turnbull as Detective Collins |
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Gordon Begg as Aldrich, the Butler |
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Mickey Brantford as Jimmy Burbank |
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Frederick Piper as Joe, Detective Taking Fingerprints |
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Victor Rietti as MaƮtre D |
| Directing | William Beaudine | Director |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Editing | Terence Fisher | Editor |
| Writing | Will Hay | Screenplay |
| Art | Alex Vetchinsky | Art Direction |
| Writing | Leslie Arliss | Story |
| Writing | Sidney Gilliat | Story |
| Writing | Robert Edmunds | Screenplay |
| Writing | William Beaudine | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paula Newman | Costume Design |
| Camera | Charles Van Enger | Director of Photography |