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65% Critic Match
Hue and Cry
“The Film that Begs to Differ”
6.5 / 10• 1947• 1h 22m•NR• English
ComedyCrimeAdventure
Storyline
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
Cast & Crew
Alastair Sim
Felix H. Wilkinson
Lead
Jack Warner
Nightingale
Valerie White
Rhona
Jack Lambert
Ford
Harry Fowler
Joe Kirby
DB
Douglas Barr
Alec
SE
Stanley Escane
Roy
ID
Ian Dawson
Norman
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Crichton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hue and Cry is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
