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
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Head Warder
- (as Denis Wyndham)
- Max Slessor
- (as Wilfrid Walter)
- Raymond
- (as Ben Soutten)
- Lady with Tiara
- (non crédité)
- Prisonvan Driver
- (non crédité)
- Prison Doctor
- (non crédité)
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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...
Like the Carry On films, all Will Hay's Gainsborough films including CONVICT 99 essentially have the same plot and characters as all the others. It was however such a brilliant plot with such brilliant familiar characters that they could keep remaking the same picture over and over again and they'd still feel fresh. This one has different writing team to usual and they have created a story that's slightly more sophisticated (not a word often found in a Will Hay review!) from his other pictures.
Obviously it's not as good as OH MR PORTER because that's OH MR PORTER but being from Mr Hay's golden period, this is still one of the best comedies of the 1930s. ASK A POLICEMEN and WINDBAG THE SAILOR are possibly closest in style to PORTER but this very close.
The plot is basic - Hay becomes in charge of a prison by mistake, having the same first name as the new governor's last name... he arrives drunk and gets mixed up with a new batch of prisoners...one (number 99) escapes in the process and the guards think Hay is Convict 99... 99 is recaptured and Hay then takes up his position as governor...prisoners run the prison...99 escapes with Hay's money...prisoners escape, get the money back and break into the bank to give Hay back his money.
Okay so it makes little sense, but it is fun to watch!
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesFuture "Planet of the Apes" actor Roddy McDowall makes a brief appearance.
- GaffesWhen 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.
- ConnexionsReferenced in Le paradis des monte-en-l'air (1960)
- Bandes originalesWidecombe Fair
(uncredited)
Traditional, collected by Sabine Baring-Gould
Sung by Will Hay as he leaves the Devonshire Lad Inn
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Détails
- Durée
- 1h 31min(91 min)
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1