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 IMDb
• Gasbags is available for free download at the Internet Archive