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Convict 99

  • 1938
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 31min
NOTE IMDb
6,7/10
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Will Hay in Convict 99 (1938)
Comédie

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a sc... Tout lireA disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness acc... Tout lireA disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually res... Tout lire

  • Réalisation
    • Marcel Varnel
  • Scénario
    • Cyril Campion
    • Ralph Smart
    • Jack Davis Jr.
  • Casting principal
    • Will Hay
    • Moore Marriott
    • Graham Moffatt
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  • NOTE IMDb
    6,7/10
    563
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Marcel Varnel
    • Scénario
      • Cyril Campion
      • Ralph Smart
      • Jack Davis Jr.
    • Casting principal
      • Will Hay
      • Moore Marriott
      • Graham Moffatt
    • 18avis d'utilisateurs
    • 5avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
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    Rôles principaux27

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    Will Hay
    Will Hay
    • Dr. Benjamin Twist
    Moore Marriott
    Moore Marriott
    • Jerry, The Mole
    Graham Moffatt
    • Albert
    Googie Withers
    Googie Withers
    • Lottie
    Peter Gawthorne
    • Sir Cyril
    Basil Radford
    Basil Radford
    • Deputy Governor
    Dennis Wyndham
    Dennis Wyndham
    • Head Warder
    • (as Denis Wyndham)
    Wilfred Walter
    • Max Slessor
    • (as Wilfrid Walter)
    Alf Goddard
    • Sykes
    Garry Marsh
    Garry Marsh
    • Johnson
    Basil McGrail
    • Bates
    Graham Soutten
    • Raymond
    • (as Ben Soutten)
    Teddy Brown
    • Slim Charlie
    Kathleen Harrison
    Kathleen Harrison
    • Mabel
    Roy Emerton
    • Colonial
    Bertha Belmore
    • Lady with Tiara
    • (non crédité)
    Clifford Buckton
    • Prisonvan Driver
    • (non crédité)
    Wilson Coleman
    • Prison Doctor
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Marcel Varnel
    • Scénario
      • Cyril Campion
      • Ralph Smart
      • Jack Davis Jr.
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    10richardchatten

    The Old School

    Given the befit of hindsight one of many ironic lines in this film is that "Even in Russia you get a fair trial!"

    Probably the slickest of Will Hay's Gainsborough period, combining elements that subsequently served Peter Sellers well in 'Two-Way Stretch' and 'The Wrong Arm of the Law', peddling the reassuring notion that the criminal fraternity were capable of far greater resource than the actual upholders of law and order.

    Despite the presence of Moore Marriott - who as Jerry the Mole makes 'stir crazy' a positive understatement - and Graham Moffatt (cutting quite a dash as a prison officer), director Marcel Varnel had at his disposal a much larger cast than previously, including such later Ealing luminaries as Basil Radford (seen too briefly, alas), with Google Withers hard as nails as a fake Russian countess who pays Hays the backhanded compliment of describing him as "as big a liar as I am!", and a rare cameo appearance by stout xylophonist Teddy Brown as a denizen of the underworld answering to the name 'Slim' Charlie.

    Although the credits read "Will Hay as Convict 99" that honour actually belongs to Wilfred Walter who plays the definitive scowling malcontent Max Slessor seen at one point wielding a mean blackjack.
    8calvertfan

    Utterly ridiculous!

    ...but yet SO ridiculous that it draws you in and you have to stay watching to see what happens.

    Benjamin Twist was a school master, and he's at this agency wanting a job in a school for reformed boys. But a general misunderstanding/mistaken identity gets him instead a different job, that of a prison governor! You see the man they wanted for the job is called Mr. Benjamin, as in *last* name Benjamin. So when everyone starts calling Mr. Twist 'Benjamin' (which is his first name), he just calls them all by their first names back and they all think he's such a riot. He does eventually realise their mistake, but at the same time finds out that the job pays £2000 a year; where the job he was actually after only pays £75. Well, being a prison warden isn't THAT much different from being schoolmaster to difficult boys, is it...
    OlieRendch

    Hilarious B&W Movie

    This is one of the many Will Hay films that were made in the early 1900's, and in case you didn't know, Will Hay was a true British comic genius. Convict 99 Hay plays a school teacher who is being transferred to another school but due to a mix-up with some names he is mistaken as a prison governor and sent to some tough prison down in Devon. To make it worse when he arrives in a drunk state he is mistaken for a convict. From beginning to end this film is full of laughs. Original British comedy is truly a gem; Will Hay does comedy brilliantly and this film is no exception and as with most of his other films it also stars crazy old Moore Marriott and funny kid Graham Moffatt who add to the laughs as well. The story isn't half bad as well and you love how the characters react to different situations. Don't always turn away from black & white movies, especially the comedies, I'd give Convict 99 a 10 out of 10 any day, pure AWESOMNESS.
    7bkoganbing

    New strides in penology

    Will Hay starring once again with trusty second bananas Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt plays a schoolmaster who's been kicked out of his last employment. Seeking a new job he's made governor (warden to us Yanks) of a prison. But through a wonderful series of mishaps arrives much like Robert Redford did in Brubaker. Takes them a while before they realize he is the new governor.

    Once there the prisoners realize that they've got themselves a Captain Parmenter like pigeon. Hay's so stupid and so full of himself he thinks he's doing grand things. The cons realize that if they just make him look good they can turn the place into a country club and do.

    Marriott plays a lifer who has tunneled just about everywhere in the system, but hasn't escaped yet. Moffatt plays a simple and trusting prison guard. All three are bloody marvelous as the British would say.
    7hitchcockthelegend

    Someone's made a dreadful bloomer.

    Convict 99 is directed by Marcel Varnel and collectively written by Jack Davis Jr, Marriott Edgar, Val Guest, Ralph Smart and Cyril Campion. It stars Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Googie Withers, Peter Gawthorne, Basil Radford and Dennis Wyndham.

    Dismissed from his position as headmaster at St. Michael's School, Dr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) applies for a job at another school. Inadvertently going into the wrong interview room, Twist finds himself offered the job because the interviewers think he is a John Benjamin, a tough Australian who has applied for the Warder's job at Blakedown Prison in Devon! Twist in charge of a prison? One that houses some of the toughest criminals in Britain! Oh no...

    After the monster success of Oh, Mr. Porter! a few months previously, it was always going to be hard for Will Hay's next film to compete. And so it proved. While Convict 99 falls some way below the standard set by "Porter", some of the harsh reviews back on the film's release were misjudged. The prison setting seemed to bother many; more so the picture of prison life painted, with a few critics bizarrely thinking it was a satire on prison reform!

    Convict 99 is a standard Will Hay/Gainsborough Pictures romp, it milks the mistaken identity theme for all its worth and slots in a few very funny set-pieces along the way. Re: Twist breaking rocks and losing his sledgehammer, the betting shenanigans and the break out of prison and break into the bank. The famed trio of Hay, Marriott and Moffatt don't get much time to interact together, which is disappointing, in fact Moffatt is under used, but Marriott's Jerry the Mole is a wonderful character and the wise old Marriott perks things up when the film begins to sag. Good character actors Gawthorne, Radford and Wyndham ensure the material doesn't fall flat, while Withers holds her end up well in a male dominated screenplay. 7/10

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    • Anecdotes
      Future "Planet of the Apes" actor Roddy McDowall makes a brief appearance.
    • Gaffes
      When Twist is talking to Johnson at Johnson's desk, Johnson is not wearing his committee badge, but in the next scene when they are walking outside the cells, Johnson now has a badge on.
    • Connexions
      Referenced in Le paradis des monte-en-l'air (1960)
    • Bandes originales
      Widecombe Fair
      (uncredited)

      Traditional, collected by Sabine Baring-Gould

      Sung by Will Hay as he leaves the Devonshire Lad Inn

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • juin 1938 (Royaume-Uni)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Royaume-Uni
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Old Hill, nr Wolverhampton, Royaume-Uni (RU)
    • Sociétés de production
      • Gainsborough Pictures
      • Gaumont British Picture Corporation
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    • Durée
      • 1h 31min(91 min)
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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