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A Fire Has Been Arranged
Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
Written by Michael Barringer
James A. Carter
H. Fowler Mear
Produced by Julius Hagen
Starring Chesney Allen
Bud Flanagan
Harold French
Cinematography Sydney Blythe
Edited by Michael C. Chorlton
Music by W.L. Trytel
Release date
  • 1935 (1935)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Fire Has Been Arranged is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Chesney Allen, Bud Flanagan and Alastair Sim. [1]

After a spell in prison three criminals return to recover their loot only to find the place where they have stashed it has been turned into a department store. They take jobs at the store in order to locate the whereabouts of their loot. [2] The three discover that the unscrupulous managers of the store, Shuffle and Cutte, are keen to be accomplices in their plot.

It was made at Twickenham Studios. The film ends with the song Where the Arches Used To Be.

Cast

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Sutton p.137

Bibliography

  • Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Fire Has Been Arranged
Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
Written by Michael Barringer
James A. Carter
H. Fowler Mear
Produced by Julius Hagen
Starring Chesney Allen
Bud Flanagan
Harold French
Cinematography Sydney Blythe
Edited by Michael C. Chorlton
Music by W.L. Trytel
Release date
  • 1935 (1935)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Fire Has Been Arranged is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Chesney Allen, Bud Flanagan and Alastair Sim. [1]

After a spell in prison three criminals return to recover their loot only to find the place where they have stashed it has been turned into a department store. They take jobs at the store in order to locate the whereabouts of their loot. [2] The three discover that the unscrupulous managers of the store, Shuffle and Cutte, are keen to be accomplices in their plot.

It was made at Twickenham Studios. The film ends with the song Where the Arches Used To Be.

Cast

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Sutton p.137

Bibliography

  • Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.

External links



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