Let George Do It!

Let George Do It!

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1940-07-12
Duration:82 min
Director:Marcel Varnel
Actors:George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh, Romney Brent, Bernard Lee
Production:Ealing Studios, Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)

Overview:

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.

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